{"id":37454,"date":"2025-08-03T06:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=37454"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:59:43","slug":"venous-ultrasound","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/venous-ultrasound\/","title":{"rendered":"Venous Ultrasound\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Venous Ultrasound?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Venous ultrasound uses sound waves to examine veins in the legs or arms, most commonly to look for blood clots or assess vein health before procedures like varicose vein treatments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This procedure helps to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detect deep vein thrombosis (DVT)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evaluate varicose vein severity&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guide vein treatments or surgeries&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assess vein function in chronic swelling&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prevent complications like pulmonary embolism&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to expect after Venous Ultrasound?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The test is painless, quick, and requires no downtime. It is often performed in an outpatient setting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Application of ultrasound gel on the skin&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gentle scanning with a handheld probe&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Real-time images displayed for review&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compression of veins to assess flow&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Immediate results in most cases&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38885,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1139],"class_list":["post-37454","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-cardiology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/37454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=37454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}