Pulsatile lower limb venous doppler flow: Prevalence and value in cardiac disease diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 747-753

  Kakish, Michael E ^a   Abu Yousef, Monzer M ^a,b   Brown, Bruce P ^a   Warnock, Niall G ^a   Barloon, Thomas J ^a   Pelsang, Retta E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Doppler studies; Lower limb; Tricuspid regurgitation; Ultrasonography; venous supply

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; LOWER LIMB; TRICUSPID REGURGITATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS SUPPLY;

PULSATILE FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0030298233     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.11.747     Document Type: Article

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