Types of Diagnostic Techniques – Basic Diagnostic Techniques

00:01 Welcome back to the third lecture in the basic vascular medicine series.

00:08 In this one, we’re going to talk about making the diagnosis of problems in the vascular system. And we’ll start with basic diagnostic techniques.

00:21 So the learning objectives. The first one: what kind of diagnostic techniques are there? What is the range of diagnostic techniques? Here you can see a little diagram showing you the various types of diagnostic techniques.

00:37 There are basic diagnostic techniques such as the history – that is what the patient tells you – and the physical exam. And then, there are more sophisticated diagnostic techniques that are usually instrument-based and consist of a number of tests: blood tests or other forms of tests. And we’ll be talking about each of those later in this lecture.