Use of intermittent pneumatic compression for treatment of upper extremity vascular ulcers

Angiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-422

  Pfizenmaier II, David H ^a,b   Kavros, Steven J ^a,b   Liedl, David A ^a,b   Cooper, Leslie T ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic ^*

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM ULCER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN ULCER; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; ULCER; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR DISEASES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 22844453053     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600409     Document Type: Article

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