ABC | Volume 112, Nº6, June 2019

Statement Vascular Ultrasound Statement from the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology – 2019 Development: Department of Cardiovascular Imaging (Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular – DIC) of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia – SBC) Norms and Guidelines Council: Fernando Bacal, Leandro Ioschpe Zimerman, Paulo Ricardo Avancini Caramori and Pedro A. Lemos Norms and Guidelines Coordinator: Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar President of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging: Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira Coordinators: Simone Nascimento dos Santos, Monica Luiza de Alcantara, Cláudia Maria Vilas Freire Statement Authors: Simone Nascimento dos Santos, 1,2 Monica Luiza de Alcantara, 3,4 Cláudia Maria Vilas Freire, 5 Armando Luis Cantisano, 6,7 José Aldo Ribeiro Teodoro, 8 Carmen Lucia Lascasas Porto, 9 Salomon Israel do Amaral, 3,4 Orlando Veloso, 10 Ana Cristina Lopes Albricker, 11,12 Ana Cláudia Gomes Pereira Petisco, 13 Fanilda Souto Barros, 14 Márcio Vinícius Lins Barros, 15 Mohamed Hassan Saleh, 13 Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira 16,17,18 Hospital Brasília, 1 Brasília, DF – Brazil Eccos Diagnóstico Cardiovascular, 2 Brasília, DF – Brazil Americas Medical City, 3 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil Hospital Samaritano, 4 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 5 Belo Horizonte, MG – Brazil Ecovitall, 6 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil Hospital Barra Dor, 7 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil Provato Medicina Diagnóstica, 8 Ribeirão Preto, SP – Brazil Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, 9 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil USDOPPLER, 10 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil IMEDE, Instituto de Ultrassom, 11 Belo Horizonte, MG – Brazil UniBH, 12 Belo Horizonte, MG – Brazil Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, 13 São Paulo, SP – Brazil Angiolab, Laboratório Cardiovascular, 14 Vitória, ES – Brazil Hospital Mater Dei, 15 Belo Horizonte, MG – Brazil Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 16 São Paulo, SP – Brazil Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, 17 São Paulo, SP – Brazil Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP, 18 São Paulo, SP – Brazil This statement shall be referred to as: Santos SN, Alcantara ML, Freire CMV, Cantisano AL, Teodoro JAR, Carmen CLL, et al. Vascular Ultrasound Statement from the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology – 2019 Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(6):809-849. Note: These Guidelines are for information purposes and are not to replace the clinical judgment of a physician, who must ultimately determine the appropriate treatment for each patient. Correspondence: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - Av. Marechal Câmara, 360/330 - Centro - Rio de Janeiro – Postal Code: 20020-907. E-mail: sbc@cardiol.br . DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190106 809