Ultrasonographic diagnosis of iliac vein compression (May-Thurner) syndrome

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-155

  Oǧuzkurt, Levent ^a   Özkan, Uǧur ^a   Tercan, Fahri ^a   Koç, Zafer ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Iliac vein; Ultrasonography; Venography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; ILIAC VEIN COMPRESSION SYNDROME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548400427     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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