SVU's Patient Education Guides
Fulfill a Professional Need

People will take better care of their health when they have the opportunity to know what’s happening inside their own bodies. This simple credo is at the heart of a nationwide patient education effort by SVU and its members.

SVU is pleased with the success of five Patient Education Guides designed to expand the understanding of patients in the general population about the various vascular ultrasound exams they may have. These Guides deal with five subjects of critical concern to many patients: General Vascular Testing, Cerebrovascular Disease (including stroke), Peripheral Artery Disease (atherosclerosis), Venous Disease (including varicose veins and blood clots), and Abdominal Vascular Arterial Disease (including renovascular hypertension).

“These pamphlets are designed to help physicians and other health care personnel communicate with their patients,” says SVU Executive Director Steve Haracznak. They include a description of the system, various diseases or conditions, symptoms, treatments, risk factors, and ways to reduce risk factors. Each pamphlet, which can be ordered in increments of 50 pamphlets, also includes a handy section to record personalized instructions to the patient and the date and time of their next appointment.

Download a sample copy (available as PDF file.)

Vascular Testing and You View Sample (PDF, 155K)	Abdominal Disease View Sample (PDF, 559K)	Peripheral Arterial Disease View Sample (PDF, 511K)
Cerebrovascular Disease View Sample (PDF, 522K)	Venous Disease View Sample (PDF, 466K)

Prices

Booklets are sold in increments of 50 only
50-100 booklets: $.70 member/$.95 nonmembers (per booklet)
150 or more booklets: $.50 members/$.75 nonmembers (per booklet)

Shipping/handling: 100 or less, $12; 150-200, $17; 250-500, $25; 550-800, $31; 801-1000, $35

Call SVU office for Priority Mail or FedEx shipping rates

TO ORDER: Dowload a copy of this Patient Education Guides order form and return with payment to SVU. We no longer accept purchase orders. Thank you.

If you are a patient and would like to receive a complimentary printed copy of the patient education guides, please send an email to: svuinfo@svunet.org. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.