The vascular laboratory in practice: A national survey in The Netherlands

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 300-303

  Spronk, S ^a   Dolman, W ^a   Boelhouwer, R U ^a   Veen, H F ^a   Den Hoed, P T ^a  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duplex ultrasound; Vascular diagnostic criteria; Vascular laboratory

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LABORATORY; NETHERLANDS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; VASCULAR LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036781314     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1733     Document Type: Article

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