Doppler ultrasonography-aided early diagnosis of venous thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 664-668

  Kume, H ^a   Inoue, Y ^a   Mitsuoka, A ^a   Sugano, N ^a   Morito, T ^a   Muneta, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; High intensity transient signals; Pulmonary embolism; Total knee arthroplasty; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78649324550     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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