title: Practical role for ultrasound in diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis of lower extremities.
abstract: The Doppler Ultrasonic Velocity Detector has been shown to be of significant value in the evaluation of patients with suspected deep venous thrombosis. Our experience in 121 patients demonstrates a false-negative rate of 10% for "minimal" thrombophlebitis and 3.2% for ileofemoral thrombosis when the Doppler was used as a diagnostic aid. Since ileofemoral thrombosis represents the greatest threat to the patient in terms of pulmonary embolism, this appears to be a sensitive and specific technic for the detection of ileofemoral thrombosis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography