The "flat cava" sign revisited: What is its significance in patients without trauma?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-25

  Eisenstat, R S ^a   Whitford, A C ^a   Lane, M J ^a   Katz, D S ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036134896     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.1.1780021     Document Type: Article

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