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Automatic plethysmography

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An automatic venous occlusion plethysmograph is described and the results of measurements of blood flow in 20 normal legs is compared with those from 31 patients with arteriosclerosis. There was a clear distinction between normal and abnormal, and some indication of the extent of disease. After clinically successful surgery an improvement in blood flow to the calf was clearly demonstrated.

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  1. Departments of Surgery and Medical Physics, University Hospital of South Manchester, 20, Manchester, England

    P. Patel, A. Mashiah, I. G. Schraibman, G. P. Naylor & D. Charlesworth

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Patel, P., Mashiah, A., Schraibman, I.G. et al. Automatic plethysmography. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 17, 460–464 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447058

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