Intermittent mechanical compression for prevention of travellers' thrombosis [4]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1836-1838

  Coppens, Michiel ^a   Van Doormaal, F F ^a   Schreijer, A J M ^a,b   Rosendaal, F R ^b   Buller H R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D DIMER; PROTHROMBIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PILOT STUDY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOSIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33746632480     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02019.x     Document Type: Letter

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