Assessment of internal diameters of abdominal and femoral blood vessels in 250 living subjects using Color Doppler ultrasonography

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-184

  Valecchi, Debora ^a   Bacci, Duccio ^a   Gulisano, Massimo ^b   Sgambati, Eleonora ^c   Sibilio, Maurizio ^d   Lipoma, Mario ^e   Macchi, Claudio ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^e KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal and femoral vessels; Echo Color doppler

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 78751557312     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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