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Songraphic Assessment of Lower Extremity Arterial Grafts

Glenn A. Rouse, MD

Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Loma Linda Unisersitv Medical Centcr, Loma Linda, California.

Marie de Lange, RDMS, RDCS

Department of Dlignostic Ultrasound, Loma Linda Universitv Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354.

Arterial bypass grafts are used to improve blood flow in the lower extremities, and ultrasound is often used to monitor these grafts after place ment. The types of grafts used in the lower extremities are reviewed, and the use of sonog raphy to evaluate these grafts is illustrated.

Key Words: sonography • color flow Doppler • arterial bypass graft • Dacron • polyflourotriethylene • pseudoaneurysm • stenosis • in situ vein graft • reversed vein graft

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 9, No. 6, 307-311 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/875647939300900604


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