A carotid ultrasound is one of the quicker vascular studies: a technologist applies gel and moves a probe along each side of your neck. There is no preparation, no sedation and no recovery, so the appointment is largely the scan itself.
A carotid ultrasound is one of the quicker vascular studies: a technologist applies gel and moves a probe along each side of your neck. There is no preparation, no sedation and no recovery, so the appointment is largely the scan itself.
Nothing has to be set up on you. There are no electrodes to place, no stimulation to deliver and nothing to wait for. The technologist images each carotid artery in turn, measuring blood flow and looking for narrowing or plaque. The main variable is how easily the vessels are seen, which differs between people and occasionally lengthens the study.
Carotid ultrasound is not among the six studies performed at the CNS offices, because there is no imaging suite here. It is arranged at an imaging centre or hospital vascular laboratory, so the appointment length is set by that facility rather than by this practice. What happens here is the interpretation, with the ordering neurologist reviewing the report against your history.
You can drive yourself, eat normally and return to work immediately, because there is no sedation, injection or contrast in a standard study. The result goes to the neurologist who ordered it and is discussed at a follow-up rather than handed to you as a number, since the same degree of narrowing means different things depending on whether you have had symptoms.
Clinical Neurology Specialists has been physician-owned since 1998, when Leo Germin, M.D., FAANEM founded it. Five board-certified neurologists and four advanced practice providers see patients at the Las Vegas and Henderson offices, each with its own AANEM-accredited electrodiagnostic laboratory.
Clinical Neurology Specialists is an adult outpatient neurology practice for patients 18 and older. The practice performs no surgery and operates no imaging suite, infusion suite or interventional pain programme, and provides no emergency or inpatient care.
MRI, CT, carotid ultrasound and lumbar puncture are not performed at these offices. They are arranged at an imaging centre or hospital, and the report is reviewed with you by the neurologist who ordered it.
Physician-reviewed. Reviewed by the physicians of Clinical Neurology Specialists — board-certified neurologists, AANEM-accredited electrodiagnostic laboratories, physician-owned since 1998. Reviewed 1 August 2026. This article is general education for adults 18 and older and is not a substitute for a consultation.
Sources and further reading: MedlinePlus: carotid artery disease; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine.
Adults 18 and older, at the Las Vegas and Henderson offices. Call 702-804-1212 or request an appointment online.