Dynamic Doppler Evaluation of the Hand Arteries to Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Raynaud Phenomenon

Toprak U., Hayretci M., Erhuner Z., Tascilar K., Ates A., Karaaslan Y., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, vol.197, no.1, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 197 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.2214/ajr.10.5740
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: cold stress test, digital artery, Doppler sonography, radial artery, Raynaud phenomenon, CONNECTIVE-TISSUE DISEASE, DIGITAL ARTERIES, SYSTEMIC-SCLEROSIS, SCLERODERMA, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, ARTERIOGRAPHY, ANGIOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND, PRESSURE
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to use Doppler sonography to detect the flow characteristics and parameters of the hand arteries that are needed to distinguish between primary Raynaud phenomenon (RP) and secondary RP.