Studies in calf venous pump function utilizing a two-valve experimental model

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 521-532

  Raju, S ^a,b   Hudson, C A ^a   Fredericks, R ^a   Neglen P ^a   Greene, A B ^a   Meydrech, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; LEG VEIN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; TUBE; VALVE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0033151885     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0818     Document Type: Article

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