Ultrasonography and Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Zierler, Brenda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Prevention; Pulmonary heart disease; Thrombosis; Ultrasonics; Veins

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ALGORITHM; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; METABOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 1642602763     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000122870.22669.4a     Document Type: Review

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