Selectivity of superficial vein occlusion at the ankle and calf level: A methodological study in healthy volunteers

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Zachrisson, H ^a   Volkmann, R ^a,c   Bergerheim, T ^a   Holm, J ^b  

^a Heart and Lung Institute ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Venous function; Venous plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPRESSION; CUFF; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SUPINE POSITION; TOURNIQUET; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANKLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPINE POSITION; VEINS;

EID: 0031882226     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1998.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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