SVU Publishes September 2006 Issue of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

LANHAM, MD, September 15, 2006 - The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) has published the third quarter September 2006 issue of The Journal for Vascular Ultrasound (JVU), its quarterly peer-reviewed journal. This September JVU issue contains a special Memoriam for Michael P. Rush, RVT, FSVU, as well as a Memoriam for Merrill P. Spencer, M.D. Three scientific articles and 6 case reports are also highlighted in this issue.

Michael P. Rush was very active in the Society for Vascular Ultrasound since the Society's first annual conference in 1978. He served on many SVU committees, was a contributing author to the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound and a member of the JVU Editorial Board. He received the SVU Distinguished Service Award in 1994 and was a SVU Fellow.

Merrill P. Spencer, M.D. pioneered a Doppler ultrasound device to detect nitrogen bubbles to predict and study "the Bends" in divers. Dr. Spencer was co-founder of the company, Spencer Technologies, Inc., which developed Transcranial Doppler (TCD) instrumentation to diagnose blood flow conditions in the brain, and to detect emboli in flowing blood.

The scientific articles in the 2006 September issue of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound include:

• Thrombus Extension Into the Common Femoral Vein After Endovenous Ablation of the Greater Saphenous Vein for the Treatment of Venous Insufficiency, T.L. Berland, A.G. Hakaim, W.A. Oldenburg, R. Paz-Fumagalli, N. Turan, J. Falkensammer
• Ultrasonography in Saphenous Vein Conduit Selection, J.D. Cohn, K.F. Korver
• Noninvasive Vascular Testing With the Surgeon Present in Planning and Maintenance of Arteriovenous Hemodialysis Access, Y.A. Kiseleva, K.L. Caylor, R.M. Royer, E.A. Scoggins, I.J. Davidson, G.P. Clagett

The six case reports cover topics ranging from Complex Lower-Extremity Venous Disease to Carotid Duplex Scan Findings in Congenital Absence of Right Common Carotid Artery. See the 2006 September issue of JVU for more details.

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