Duplex ultrasound in the diagnosis of lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 917-921

  Gornik, Heather L ^a   Sharma, Aditya M ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LOWER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS DUPLEX ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LEG; RECURRENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84896710093     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002966     Document Type: Article

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