ExtraCranial Cerebrovascular v1

ExtraCranial Cerebrovascular v1
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ExtraCranial Cerebrovascular v1

This lecture covers extracranial cerebrovascular pathophysiology and carotid duplex ultrasound examination techniques. Students learn the essential components of carotid duplex evaluation, normal waveform characteristics, diagnostic criteria for carotid vessel assessment, and common pathologies detected during testing to identify stroke risk.

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25:28 lesson

Today we're gonna talk about um, extra cranial cerebrovascular pathophysiology. This is a two part lecture and we will get into um, several aspects of the carotid ultrasound testing. Main objectives for this particular unit is to list the essential components of a carotid duplex. We're going to describe normal waveform characteristics of the extracranial carotid vessels. We're gonna define the...

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