Specialized experience in non-invasive vascular techniques

Non-invasive vascular services at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Dallas are used for diagnosing a wide variety of conditions and abnormalities of the circulatory system, including blockages, clot formation and aneurysms in the arteries and veins, and for locating specific areas for study. Diagnostic testing in the non-invasive department of our Dallas heart hospital often achieves results similar to those of more-invasive procedures but with less risk and no radiation exposure to the patient.

At our heart and vascular hospital in Dallas, we offer comprehensive non-invasive vascular care, including carotid ultrasound to evaluate any blockages or narrowing in the arteries leading to the brain, abdominal ultrasound to diagnose and evaluate abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), venous ultrasound and vein mapping for dialysis access and bypass grafts. We also provide physiologic testing (blood pressure measurements) to evaluate blockage in the arteries of the legs and the arms.

Accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)

The non-invasive vascular lab at our heart hospital in Dallas is accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in peripheral venous, peripheral arterial and extracranial cerebrovascular duplex (carotid Doppler) examinations. The non-invasive department has been accredited in vascular testing since 2005 with specially trained and nationally registered sonographers. The physicians on the medical staff of our Dallas heart center include board-certified vascular surgeons, cardiologists and other specialists.

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Non-Invasive vascular services offered in Dallas

Ankle brachial indexes (ABIS)

For the ankle brachial indexes test at our heart and vascular hospital, blood pressures are taken at the arm and ankle. The ankle pressure is then divided by the arm pressure giving a ratio the physicians will use to determine severity.

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