Guidelines for noninvasive vascular laboratory testing: A report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-200

  Gerhard Herman, Marie ^a   Gardin, Julius M ^b   Jaff, Michael ^c   Mohler, Emile ^d   Roman, Mary ^e   Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; THROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCREDITATION; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACCREDITATION; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MEDICARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE; RENAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846231022     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863x06070516     Document Type: Article

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