Effect of posture on popliteal artery hemodynamics

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-269

  Delis, Konstantinos T ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a   Stansby, Gerard ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0034022945     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.3.265     Document Type: Article

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