Strain gauge plethysmography and duplex ultrasound study of venous blood flow changes during application of the A-V Impulse System® foot pump and T.E.D.® anti-embolism stockings

International Angiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Abu Own, A ^a   Sommerville, K ^a   Scurr, J H ^a   Coleridge Smith, P D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duplex ultrasonography; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Plethysmography, strain gauge; Venous blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0030499763     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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