Is the vascular laboratory necessary in the management of venous disease?
The author sets forth an assessment of the practical usefulness of the currently available noninvasive laboratory tests in the diagnosis and management of peripheral deep vein thrombosis and chronic venous insufficiency. His standards of evaluation are defined in terms of his personal experience and suggest that these tests, in the setting under discussion, have a value largely limited to patient screening.
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D010991:Plethysmography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis