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Ecografía dúplex - Riesgos

Nombres alternativos

Ecografía vascular

Cuáles son los riesgos:

No existen riesgos.

Consideraciones especiales:

El consumo de cigarrillo puede cambiar los resultados de una ecografía de brazos y piernas porque la nicotina puede hacer que las arterias se encojan (se estrechen).

Examen de ultrasonido Dúplex/doppler

Fecha de revisión: 4/22/2008
Versión en inglés revisada por:David C. Dugdale, III., MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006. 541, 1346.

Grainger RC, Allison D, Adam, Dixon AK. Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 4th ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2001:60, 1684.

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