Doppler ultrasound test

How it’s done

Doppler ultrasound is a non-invasive, painless test of the vascular system, both arterial and venous. It facilitates imaging disorders of the vascular anatomy of blood vessels and blood flow, such as:

– carotid and vertebral arteries – diagnosis of diseases of the central nervous system such as cerebral ischemia (stroke, short-term consciousness, dizziness, blurred vision);
– arteries of the lower limb – diagnosis of ischemia of the lower limbs (i.e. critical limb ischemia, lower limb pain during walking);
– veins of the lower limbs – diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency (lower limb varicose veins, oedema of the lower limbs, skin lesions of the lower limbs such as telangiectasia and varicose veins reticulate, the so-called ‘skin spiders’) and deep vein thrombosis, i.e. superficial vein thrombosis and deep vein thromboembolism;
– abdominal aorta and iliac arteries – diagnosis of ischemia of the lower limbs and the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (the disease is asymptomatic in most cases – the Doppler ultrasound examination is, therefore, the best screening test in the diagnosis of this potentially fatal disease).