Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 428-436.e6 , February 2012

Mesenteric/celiac duplex ultrasound interpretation criteria revisited

Presented at the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Naples, Fla, January 19-22, 2011.

  • Ali F. AbuRahma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ali F. AbuRahma, MD, Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, 3110 MacCorkle Ave, SE, Charleston, WV 25304
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  • Patrick A. Stone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV
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  • Mohit Srivastava, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV
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  • L. Scott Dean, PhD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
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  • Tammi Keiffer, RN

      Affiliations

    • Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
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  • Stephen M. Hass, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV
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  • Albeir Y. Mousa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV

Received 14 January 2011 ,Accepted 10 August 2011.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(11)02083-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.08.052

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 428-436.e6 , February 2012

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