Digital venous photoplethysmography in the seated position is a reproducible noninvasive measure of lower limb venous function in patients with isolated superficial venous reflux

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-341

  Sam, Rachel Clare ^a   Darvall, Katy A L ^a   Adam, Donald J ^a   Silverman, Stanley H ^b   Bradbury, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILLING REFILLING TIME; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEAT; STANDING; VENOUS FUNCTION; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 32344443858     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.039     Document Type: Article

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