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Longitudinal pulsatility in arterial occlusion
Author(s) -
Hachem Kamal,
Njeim Mario,
Abou Diwan Ralph
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22628
Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , pulsatile flow , cardiology , pulsatility index , radial artery , artery , radiology , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics
This pictorial essay aims to generate attention and inform sonographers and clinicians by remembering the “longitudinal pulsatility” as an evocative B‐mode echographic sign of arterial occlusion, when the artery exhibits a systolic axial motion instead of its normal radial pulsatility.