[Color-coded Doppler sonography of the pelvis-leg arteries: an appraisal of the value of that method in comparison with angiography].
The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of colour-coded Doppler sonography (CDS) and its advantages as compared with angiography and pulsed Doppler sonography. For this purpose, the arteries in the pelvis, thigh and knee of 42 patients were examined by CDS, the gold standard being angiography. In ten patients, pulsed Doppler sonography was performed as well and the length of the examination compared with that of CDS. It was shown that CDS is valuable in the investigation of peripheral vessels and that it can replace angiography after femoro-popliteal bypass operations or PTA. Compared with pulsed Doppler sonography, CDS has the advantage of being much quicker.
Metz
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II. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Wien.
Braunsteiner
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Grabenwöger
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Dock
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W
Hübsch
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P
D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003116:Color; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
Farbcodierte Doppler-Sonographie der Becken-Bein-Arterien: Uberprüfung der Wertigkeit der Methode im Vergleich zur Angiographie.