Canadian Vascular Laboratories

Vascular Ultrasound is a painless and safe way to assess internal body structures.

It uses sound waves we cannot hear to take images of internal body structures.

When ultrasound examination is done, a probe touches your skin where gel has been placed. You feel nothing.

The entire process takes 10-30 minutes.

Some of the reasons we get a vascular ultrasound is :

• Finding out why someone had a stroke
• To check if you have a blood clot in our legs
• To determine why your legs are swollen
• To determine why you have pain in your leg
• To see why you have varicose veins
• To see why you have a sore on your leg or foot that won’t heal (especially if you have diabetes)
• To see if you have an aneurysm