Duplex scanning compared with intra-arterial angiography in diagnosing peripheral arterial disease: Three analytical approaches

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-91

  Krnic, Anton ^a,b   Vucic, N ^a   Sucic, Z ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Croatia)

^b University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography; Duplex ultrasonography; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RELIABILITY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPLITEAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33744932426     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.35.2.86     Document Type: Article

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