A commentary: to screen for calf DVT or not to screen? The highly variable practice among Italian centers highlights this important and still unresolved clinical option. Results from the Italian MASTER registry

Thromb Haemost. 2008 Jan;99(1):241-4. doi: 10.1160/TH07-06-0393.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Healthcare Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Leg / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Mass Screening* / standards
  • Middle Aged
  • Observer Variation
  • Prospective Studies
  • Quality of Health Care* / standards
  • Registries
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Factors
  • Ultrasonography
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology