Doppler ultrasound monitoring for detection of microembolic signals in peripheral arteries

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-42

  Kudo, T ^a   Inoue, Y ^a   Sugano, N ^a   Iwai, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; High intensity transient signal (HITS); Microembolus; Peripheral artery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROEMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SWINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLUE TOE SYNDROME; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036631842     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1681     Document Type: Article

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