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- Title
RADIOLABELLED FIBRINOGEN AND IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS.
- Authors
Lemoine, John R.; Moser, Kenneth M.
- Abstract
Pulmonary embolism continues to be an important cause of death particularly for the in-hospital patient.¹ Most thrombi responsible for such events originate in the lower limbs. The clinical diagnosis of such deep-venous thrombosis (DVT) remains notoriously unreliable. Early recognition would permit prompt, appropriate therapy with heparin and hopefully prevent embolization of large clots to the lungs. Recently, two diagnostic aids have become available which offer promise in the early detection of DV--the radiolabelled I125 fibrinogen test (RLF),2-4 and impedance plethysmography (IPG).5-7 The theory, methodology and results of these procedures are reviewed briefly in this paper.
- Subjects
PULMONARY embolism; CAUSES of death; LEG diseases; VENOUS thrombosis diagnosis; HEPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY
- Publication
Vascular Surgery, 1977, Vol 11, Issue 4, p216
- ISSN
0042-2835
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/153857447701100404