title: Non-invasive laboratory diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis.
abstract: Both legs of 52 patients, in whom deep thrombosis was clinically suspected in one leg, were investigated. Out of the 52 legs used as a control, without suspected deep venous thrombosis, two were found to have deep venous thrombosis. Laboratory findings revealed that deep venous thrombosis was not present in 25% of the cases suspected. The patients in this group did not require venogram and were not treated. Nineteen suspected legs (36.5%) were proved negative not only by the laboratory method but also by venography.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography