Sonographic estimates of vein size in the lower extremities: Subjective assessment compared with direct measurement

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 113-117

  Hertzberg, Barbara S ^a   Kliewer, Mark A ^a   DeLong, David M ^a   Lalouche, Kathleen J ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Carroll, Barbara A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Veins, abnormalities; Veins, extremities; Veins, ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; VEIN DIAMETER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEG; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031932260     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199803/04)26:3<113::AID-JCU1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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