title: Assessment of the patency of deep leg veins with duplex.
abstract: To evaluate the accuracy of venous duplex, results obtained in 101 patients are compared with venography. A first group consisted of 48 patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis. In 30 of them a positive duplex scan was obtained and all had subsequently a positive venography. Eighteen patients with a normal duplex scan had a normal venography. Another group of 53 patients were tested preoperatively for varicose vein surgery. No obstruction of the venous system was withheld with duplex but 3 patients had an old thrombosis on venography. Thus duplex is a highly reliable method to detect proximal thrombosis in clinically suspected patients but detection of late sequelae of thrombosis may be more difficult.
authors.affiliation: Center Thrombosis and Vascular Research, University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wysokinski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beyens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blockmans
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verhaeghe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*