Cost-effectiveness of colour duplex sonography compared with angiography of the pelvis and lower limb

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-484

  Geitung, J T ^a,b   Wikstrom T ^a   Zeuchner, J ^a   Gothlin J H ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cost effectiveness; Doppler; Efficiency; Peripheral vascular disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SWEDEN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0029689566     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00182475     Document Type: Article

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