Venous Reflux Study using the Automatic Vascular Doppler
                     VENOUS REFLUX STUDY 
USING THE AUTOMATIC 
VASCULAR DOPPLER
AUTOMATIC VASCULAR 
D• AO HEPAPLTLHCEARRE PROFESSIONAL CAN IDENTIFY 
THE PROBLEMATIC VALVES USING AN 
AUTOMATIC VASCULAR DOPPLER WITH 
SIMPLE ONE-BUTTON OPERATION. 
• THE DEVICE CAN BE USED TO ASSESS THE 
VALVULAR COMPETENCY OF THE VEIN. THE 
STUDY IS COMPLETELY SAFE AND DOES NOT 
REQUIRE INJECTING MEDICINE OR RADIATION 
INTO THE BODY. 
• THE SONOGRAPHER REQUESTS THE PATIENT 
TO TAKE PARTICULAR POSITIONS AND 
MOVEMENTS TO EXAMINE THE LEGS AND 
MEASURE THE BLOOD FLOW
HOW TO USE THE AUTOMATIC 
VASCULAR DOPPLER FOR 
VENOUS REFLUX STUDY?
• THE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY (PPG) PROBE 
OF THE DOPPLER IS PLACED IN THE 
RIGHT/LEFT GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN AT 
ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FINGERS DISTANCE 
ABOVE THE ANKLE BONE. 
• THE PATIENT HAS TO PERFORM THE TIPTOE 
REFLUX FOR FIVE TIMES AS WE OBSERVE THE 
VENOUS REFILLING PATTERN.
THE RESULTS OF THE TEST 
ARE EVALUATED AS 
• IF THE REFILLFINOG OLRL ROECWOVSER:Y TIME IS 
MORE THAN 20 SECONDS, IT INDICATES 
GOOD VALVULAR COMPETENCY OF THE VEIN 
TO PUSH THE BLOOD UPWARDS.
• IF THE REFILLING OR RECOVERY TIME IS 
BETWEEN 18-20 SECONDS, IT IS 
QUESTIONABLE AND A REPEAT TEST IS 
CONDUCTED.
• IF THE REFILLING OR RECOVERY TIME IS LESS 
THAN 18 SECONDS, THERE IS A VENOUS 
CONDITION AND MAY REQUIRE PHYSICIAN 
INTERVENTION.
VENOUS REFLUX STUDY 
USING THE AUTOMATIC 
VASCULAR DOPPLER
• A VASCULAR DOPPLER USES ULTRASOUND 
WAVES TO VISUALIZE THE PATTERN OF 
BLOOD FLOW IN YOUR VEINS AND ARTERIES. 
• DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE 
VASCULAR DOPPLER, YOU CAN DISCUSS 
YOUR VENOUS ANATOMY WITH A PHYSICIAN 
AND UNDERSTAND TREATMENT OPTIONS IN 
MORE DETAIL.
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