Incompetent venous valves: Ultrasound imaging and exo-stent repair

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Lane, Rodney James ^a,b,c,d   Graiche, Joseph Anthony ^a   Cuzzilla, Michael Luciano ^a   Coroneos, John Christopher ^a,b,c  

^a Dalcross Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^c North Shore Private Hospital   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

B flow; External stenting; Incompetent; Ultrasound; Venous valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; ULTRASOUND; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN VALVE;

EID: 34748847074     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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