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Published in: The Ultrasound Journal 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Research

Abdominal vascular emergencies: US and CT assessment

Authors: Eugenio Annibale Genovese, Paolo Fonio, Chiara Floridi, Monica Macchi, Anna Maccaferri, Antonio Amato Stabile Ianora, Lucio Cagini, Gianpaolo Carrafiello

Published in: The Ultrasound Journal | Special Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Acute vascular emergencies can arise from direct traumatic injury to the vessel or be spontaneous (non-traumatic).
The vascular injuries can also be divided into two categories: arteial injury and venous injury.
Most of them are life-treatening emergencies, sice they may cause an important ipovolemic shock or severe ischemia in their end organ and require prompt diagnosis and treatment.
In the different clinical scenarios, the correct diagnostic approach to vascular injuries isn’t firmly established and advantages of one imaging technique over the other are not obvious.
Ultrasound (US) is an easy accessible, safe and non-invasive diagnostic modality but Computed Tomography (CT) with multiphasic imaging study is an accurate modality to evaluate the abdominal vascular injuries therefore can be considered the primary imaging modality in vascular emergencies.
The aim of this review article is to illustrate the different imaging options for the diagnosis of abdominal vascular emergencies, including traumatic and non traumatic vessel injuries, focusing of US and CT modalities.
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Metadata
Title
Abdominal vascular emergencies: US and CT assessment
Authors
Eugenio Annibale Genovese
Paolo Fonio
Chiara Floridi
Monica Macchi
Anna Maccaferri
Antonio Amato Stabile Ianora
Lucio Cagini
Gianpaolo Carrafiello
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Ultrasound Journal / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 2524-8987
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-5-S1-S10

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