Ultrasound imaging of infrainguinal arterial disease has a high interobserver agreement

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-299

  Eiberg, J Peter ^a   Madycki, G ^b   Hansen, M A ^a   Christiansen, S ^a   Gronvall Rasmussen J B ^a   Schroeder, T V ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Postgraduate Medical Studies   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Intraobserver; Peripheral arterial diseases; Ultrasonography, Doppler, duplex; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; STENOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; INGUINAL CANAL; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036781837     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1724     Document Type: Article

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