A Doppler Ultrasound is a noninvasive diagnostic that uses circulating red blood cells to reflect high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to assess the blood flow via your blood arteries. Normal ultrasounds employ sound waves to create images, but they are unable to depict blood flow.
Many conditions can be identified with a Doppler ultrasonography, including:
· Clots of blood
· faulty valves in your leg veins may result in blood or other fluids pooling in your legs (venous insufficiency)
· Congenital heart illness and heart valve abnormalities
· an obstructed artery (arterial occlusion)
· diminished blood flow to your legs (peripheral artery disease)
· enlarged arteries (aneurysms)
· arterial narrowing, such as in your neck's arteries (carotid artery stenosis)
