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Putting Hemodynamics at the Center: A Systemic Approach to Teaching Vascular Ultrasound, Miriam Teft, MBA, RDMS, RVT (https://doi.org/10.1177/87564793221096778) from the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography is a must-read for the novice vascular ultrasound student and their educators and mentors to develop a solid, evidence-based appreciation of what vascular sonography offers to the clinician treating patients. […]

TCAR was in the news at the February 2022 International Stroke Conference. The acronym is short for “transcarotid artery revascularization” stenting. Less than a year ago the Society for Vascular Surgery published online recommendations for the treatment of extracranial carotid disease noting that “TCAR is superior or preferable to TF-CAS [transfemoral carotid artery stenting] or

“Transcranial Doppler Emboli Monitoring for Infective Endocarditis” by G Huang, LL Johnson, JE Peacock Jr, C Tegeler, K Davis, and A Sarwal. Online now at https://lnkd.in/dQYgyKg. Infective endocarditis (IE) has variable clinical manifestations with a complex of complications presenting as symptoms. Some neurological complications of IE are embolic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and brain abscess. Ischemic stroke

“Cervical duplex ultrasound for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis with vertebral artery involvement” by O. Kargiotis, G. Tsivgoulis, et al.: https://lnkd.in/gp47nks Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic inflammatory arteriopathy of medium and large-sized arteries. It is the most common systemic vasculitis, and ischemic stroke is a well-recognized complication. “The authors found that elevated inflammatory