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What Does This Chest Ultrasound Test Result Indicate?

Hi.I am trying to understand a report of a carotitid ultrasound. Pulse waves are regular and there is no arrhythmia - I can understand.Not sure what the following mean,PS/ED Velocity,Distal CCA: 65/9 cm/sec,Max ICA: 84/24 cm/sec,ECA 87/13 cm/sec,ICA/CCA 1.29,Vertebral - antegrade flow
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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How fast does the blood move while the heart beats (Peak systolic-PS)? 65 cm/s in the common carotid artery. The artery branches into an internal to the brain and external to the face. That is ICA and ECA. The 1.29 is a ratio. All of the numbers are quite reassuring. When the arteries narrow, the velocities go up. Systolic over 350 and diastolic over about 85 are high. The flow in all of the arteries should be forward, antegrade.
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What Does This Chest Ultrasound Test Result Indicate?

How fast does the blood move while the heart beats (Peak systolic-PS)? 65 cm/s in the common carotid artery. The artery branches into an internal to the brain and external to the face. That is ICA and ECA. The 1.29 is a ratio. All of the numbers are quite reassuring. When the arteries narrow, the velocities go up. Systolic over 350 and diastolic over about 85 are high. The flow in all of the arteries should be forward, antegrade.