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Portable and very handy, the sophisticated new spiral-bound ScoreCards flip- and flashcard study system yields maximum gain with minimum pain, and it’s fun. Exercise your ability to think fast and recall key facts wherever you are—at lunch, on weekend outings, or between patients. Written by well-known experts, ScoreCards delivers 400 questions keyed to the registry’s own exam outline, plus answers, complete explanations, and quick references to help you commit to memory the facts and figures you must know to pass your exams. Fifty image-based cases prepare you to tackle scans on the exam. Very effective in combination with Vascular Technology: An Illustrated Review, Vascular Technology Review, and Vascular Physics Review. 7.5 hours SDMS-approved CME!

Abdominal vascular sonography is an application in evolution, one made possible by advances in imaging and Doppler technology and by the pioneering clinical work of several groups, including the teams directed by Marsha Neumyer and Brian Thiele at Penn State and the late Gene Strandness at the University of Washington. Technically, abdominal vascular sonography is the most challenging of the vascular applications. The vessels are deeper than those of the neck and extremities and, except for the aorta, rather small. They often travel at awkward angles to the transducer, making it difficult to place a sample volume and obtain reasonably accurate velocity measurements. These and other factors make abdominal vascular sonography highly operator- and volume-dependent and therefore more successful in some hands than others, as reflected in the literature. Here for the first time the acknowledged expertise and long experience of the Vascular Studies Section at Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is distilled in a presentation that covers the following:

The visceral vascular anatomy.

The ultrasonographic appearance of the vascular arteries and
     veins.

The hemodynamics of the visceral vasculature, including the
     hepatoportal, mesenteric, and renal circulatory systems.

The pitfalls of abdominal vascular sonography.

The solutions to diagnostic dilemmas.

The information obtained by abdominal vascular sonography can play a major role in the diagnostic algorithms for a number of presenting complaints and conditions. This video is an important contribution to the training and continuing education of the vascular technologists and sonographers who obtain this information and the physicians who direct and interpret these studies.

Since Talbot’s first successful application of real-time ultrasonography to the venous system in 1981, the techniques of venous imaging have been refined and validated by numerous studies. Now venous imaging challenges contrast venography as the definitive procedure of choice. Here for the first time these techniques are explained and illustrated in step-by-step detail by the leaders who developed them.

What are the protocols for imaging the veins of the extremities? How do you overcome both common and unusual problems to optimize the image and ensure valid, unequivocal results? Exactly what roles are played by venous compression and venous Doppler in the ultrasonographic venous examination? How do you identify and characterize thrombus? How do you differentiate venous thrombosis from conditions that mimic it? What does Doppler color flow imaging add to the evaluation? How can you take advantage of it? Why is the transverse scan with probe compression an essential component of the venous imaging technique? How and why do you map the saphenous vein? And how accurate is this ultrasound technique in relation to contrast venography on the one hand and indirect noninvasive tests on the other?

These and many more questions are answered here in detail and with authority. Part II covers venographic and magnetic resonance imaging.

Videotape Companion

Perfect for training and as an adjunct to this book, this one-hour video offers hands-on demonstration of venous imaging techniques and real-time images of normal, abnormal, common, and uncommon findings. Available in DVD format.

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The completely revised and updated 4th edition of Vascular Technology Review illuminates the facts and principles you need to know, hones your test-taking skills, and reveals your strengths and weaknesses by exam topic. Based on the ARDMS exam outline, this brand new edition contains more than 570 registry-like questions together with numerous illustrations, answers, clear explanations, and quick references for further study. A Hall of Images and more than 50 image-based cases prepare you to tackle the images on the exam. Especially powerful in combination with Vascular Technology: An Illustrated Review and ScoreCards for Vascular Technology. 12 hours of SDMS-approved CME credit. More than 74 images. 275 pp.

The single best ultrasound DVD we have seen. Since Steve Talbot’s first successful application of real-time ultrasonography to the venous system in 1981, the techniques of venous imaging have been refined and validated by numerous studies. For the first time these techniques are presented by Talbot himself in a brilliant 75-minute exposition of technique and interpretation in the upper and lower extremities.

What are the protocols for imaging the veins of the extremities?

How do you overcome both common and unusual problems to
     optimize the image and ensure valid, unequivocal results?

Exactly what roles are played by venous compression and venous
     Doppler in the ultrasonographic venous examination?

How do you identify and characterize thrombus?

How is venous thrombosis differentiated from conditions that
     mimic it?

What does color flow imaging add to the evaluation and how should
     it be used?

Why is the transverse scan with probe compression an essential
     component of the venous exam?

How and why do you map the saphenous and other veins?

These and other questions are answered in this hands-on demonstration of scanning anatomy, technique, and interpretation of normal, abnormal, common, and uncommon findings. Perfect for training, reference, and interpretation tutorials. A great companion to Ridgway’s Introduction to Vascular Scanning.

Powerful, featuresome, and fun, this multimedia wonder simulates the exam experience right down to the automatic timer, and it delivers CME credit conveniently and inexpensively.This is the CD that does NOT skip explanations, shut down after a certain amount of use, shortchange you with inadequate content, or fail to give you a complete topic-by-topic analysis of your performance. Before you know it, you will be preparing for your exams, earning CME credit, or both. And you will be doing it with the latest version of Davies’ state-of-the-art mock exam, written and peer-reviewed by experts and so easy to use that no one has ever called to ask, How do I use this? In fact—dare we say it?—you might even have fun.

If you would rather get the downloadable version click here.

665 questions and answers in registry format ensure that you are
     prepared.

136 image-based cases sharpen your wits.

Simple explanations clarify answer choices.

References guide your further study.

Tutorials on key topics make difficult subjects easy.

Automatic timer paces you.

Performance analysis automatically scores and guides you.

Unlimited personal use means you pay only once.

Educational site licenses available for educators and DMS
     programs.

Earn 15 hours SDMS-approved CME credit.

Coverage of physical principles, Doppler, indications, and interpretation of both imaging and physiologic exams makes this mock exam an excellent resource for physician RPVI candidates.

Most RVT candidates combine this CD with Vascular Technology: An Illustrated Review, Vascular Technology Review, and ScoreCards for Vascular Technology, and Vascular Physics Review. Need advice?
Call us!

System Requirements

Compatibility* for Windows computers: Windows 98 or above. Not compatible with Windows 95 or previous.

Compatibility* for Macintosh computers: Mac OS X 10.4.8 or above, PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel-based Mac, 256 MB of RAM.

*Note on compatibility: These programs are designed to be used on desktop and laptop computers using the above-mentioned operating systems. They are NOT COMPATIBLE with tablet and smart phone devices using mobile operating systems such as Google's Android and Apple's iOS.

Powerful, featuresome, and fun, this multimedia wonder simulates the exam experience right down to the automatic timer, and it delivers CME credit conveniently and inexpensively.This is the CD that does NOT skip explanations, shut down after a certain amount of use, shortchange you with inadequate content, or fail to give you a complete topic-by-topic analysis of your performance. Before you know it, you will be preparing for your exams, earning CME credit, or both. And you will be doing it with the latest version of Davies’ state-of-the-art mock exam, written and peer-reviewed by experts and so easy to use that no one has ever called to ask, How do I use this? In fact—dare we say it?—you might even have fun.

If you would rather get the packaged CD-ROM version of this product click here.

665 questions and answers in registry format ensure that you are
     prepared.

136 image-based cases sharpen your wits.

Simple explanations clarify answer choices.

References guide your further study.

Tutorials on key topics make difficult subjects easy.

Automatic timer paces you.

Performance analysis automatically scores and guides you.

Unlimited personal use means you pay only once.

Educational site licenses available for educators and DMS
     programs.

Earn 15 hours SDMS-approved CME credit.

Coverage of physical principles, Doppler, indications, and interpretation of both imaging and physiologic exams makes this mock exam an excellent resource for physician RPVI candidates.

Most RVT candidates combine this download with Vascular Technology: An Illustrated Review, Vascular Technology Review, and ScoreCards for Vascular Technology, and Vascular Physics Review. Need advice?
Call us!

System Requirements

Compatibility* for Windows computers: Windows 98 or above. Not compatible with Windows 95 or previous.

Compatibility* for Macintosh computers: Mac OS X 10.4.8 or above, PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel-based Mac, 256 MB of RAM.

*Note on compatibility: These programs are designed to be used on desktop and laptop computers using the above-mentioned operating systems. They are NOT COMPATIBLE with tablet and smart phone devices using mobile operating systems such as Google's Android and Apple's iOS.