Accuracy of sonography in the evaluation of calf deep vein thrombosis in both postoperative surveillance and symptomatic patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1361-1367

  Atri, Mostafa ^a   Herba, Milton J ^a   Reinhold, Caroline ^a   Leclerc, Jacques ^a   Ye, Shutian ^a   Illescas, Fernando F ^b   Bret, Patrice M ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0029975672     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.6.8633448     Document Type: Review

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