European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 664-668 , November 2010

Doppler Ultrasonography-Aided Early Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism after Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • H. Kume

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Applied Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5803 5255; fax: +81 3 3818 7182.
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  • Y. Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Applied Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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  • A. Mitsuoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Applied Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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  • N. Sugano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Applied Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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  • T. Morito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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  • T. Muneta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan

Received 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 August 2010.

  • Image Result

    ROC curve for use of the number of HITS (italic numbers) in predicting PE. The AUC is 0.82.

    ROC curve for use of the number of HITS (italic numbers) in predicting PE. The AUC is 0.82.

  • Image Result

    ROC curve for use of combined scoring system in predicting (italic numbers are all possible scores). The AUC is 0.96.

    ROC curve for use of combined scoring system in predicting (italic numbers are all possible scores). The AUC is 0.96.

PII: S1078-5884(10)00462-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.08.002

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 664-668 , November 2010