High-frequency ultrasound measurement for assessing post-thrombotic syndrome and monitoring compression therapy in chronic venous disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 820-825

  Volikova, Antonina I ^a   Edwards, Janice ^b   Stacey, Michael C ^a,b   Wallace, Hilary J ^b  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VEIN DISEASE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 70349303523     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.060     Document Type: Article

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