The snuffbox technique: A reliable color Doppler method to assess hand circulation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 821-825

  Kochi, Kazuhiro ^a   Orihashi, Kazumasa ^b   Sueda, Taijiro ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLEN TEST; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCREENING TEST; SNUFFBOX TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 0037393985     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.325     Document Type: Article

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