Lower extremities Duplex-Doppler ultrasonography for the detection of suspected deep venous thrombosis: A preliminary report from Sokoto

46 inpatients with clinical suspicion of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) presenting with signs and symptoms of single or bilateral disease, mean age 48.9, 65.2% male, at a single-center teaching hospital in Sokoto, Nigeria. Exclusions: known chronic DVT, prior anticoagulation, plaster of Paris or above-knee amputation, or previously identified acute DVT.

Lower extremities Duplex-Doppler ultrasonography (including gray scale, color Doppler, and spectral evaluation) using 7-12 MHz linear transducers.

Detection and localization of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)surrogate