Problems in application of carotid ultrasonography in health checkup population

VernacularTitle:颈动脉超声检查在健康体检人群中的应用
Author: Yuanming XIAO ; Zhiheng CHEN ; Liuxin WU ; Hong YUAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Carotid ultrasound; Physical examination
From: Chinese Journal of Health Management 2016;(1):66-70
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Carotid ultrasound examination is a very mature examination method, it is widely used in clinical diagnosis and health checkup. Carotid ultrasound examination plays an important role in the prediction of the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. However, there are still certain problems in the application of the examination in the domestic health checkup population, which mainly include that the method and the standard are not unified, and the reporting form is not standardized. Carotid ultrasound examination must be standardized as soon as possible.