Color flow Doppler in the evaluation of aortic aneurysms.
Fifteen patients with aortic aneurysms have been evaluated with Doppler color flow imaging. Two distinct flow patterns are noted: a smooth laminar pattern and a turbulent circuitous pattern. It is postulated that those patients with a turbulent pattern may be at greater risk for aneurysm enlargement and rupture.
Bluth
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Department of Radiology, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Murphey
S M
SM
Hollier
L H
LH
Sullivan
M A
MA
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006801:Humans; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods