The role of duplex scanning in decision making for patients with claudication

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 606-612

  Ramaswami, Ganesh ^c   Al Kutoubi, Aghiad ^b   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a   Dhanjil, Surinder ^a   Coen, Lionello D ^a   Belcaro, Gianni ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLAUDICATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032692377     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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