The impact of duplex scanning on vascular practice

International Angiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-290

  Androulakis, A E ^a   Giannoukas, A D ^a,b   Labropoulos, N ^a,c   Katsamouris, A ^b   Nicolaides, A N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Academic Vascular Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duplex scanning; Ultrasonics; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AORTIC DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030439217     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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