Sonography for deep venous thrombosis: Current and future applications

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-225

  Andrews Jr , E James ^a   Fleischer, Arthur C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Compression sonography; D Dimer; Deep venous thrombosis (DVT); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; D DIMER TEST; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOGENESIS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33644877915     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000187024.54319.19     Document Type: Review

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