COMBINED USE OF DOPPLER ULTRASOUND AND PHLEBORHEOGRAPHY IN SUSPECTED DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 159 (3) , 242-246
Abstract
Doppler ultrasound and PRG (phleborheography) were compared with the results of venography in 216 limbs with suspected DVT (deep vein thrombosis). Equivocal or conflicting noninvasive test results were obtained in 40 limbs and thrombi were demonstrated venographically in 18 of these (45%). In the remaining 176 limbs, the sensitivity of the noninvasive test was 88% and the specificity was 99%. Treatment may be confidently chosen without venographic confirmation when the results of Doppler ultrasound and PRG agree. Venography is indicated in the minority of instances when the 2 noninvasive test results do not agree or are equivocal.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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