Pulsatile venous Doppler flow in lower limbs: Highly indicative of elevated right atrium pressure

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 977-980

  Abu Yousef, Monzer M ^a   Kakish, Michel E ^a,b   Mufid, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029746159     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.4.8819397     Document Type: Article

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