Ultrasound Evaluation of the Lower Extremity Veins

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-216

  Hamper, Ulrike M ^a   DeJong, M Robert ^a   Scoutt, Leslie M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Differential diagnosis; Pathophysiology; Sonographic anatomy; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

BLEEDING DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG THROMBOSIS; LEG VARICOSIS; LEG VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350323970     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2009.04.003     Document Type: Review

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