[Angiology yesterday and today: vascular sonography and catheter intervention].

Abstract

The specialist in angiology was introduced into the discipline of internal medicine in 1992. In the previous decades, the technical methods in angiology were still very limited. However, duplex sonography and endovascular catheter interventions then revolutionized the diagnostic and therapeutic spectrum. Today, multiparametric vascular sonography and modern catheter procedures are an integral part of diagnostics and therapy.