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Case Reports
. 2023 Oct 2:23:QA11.
eCollection 2023.

Utility of Ultrasound in Performing a Reverse Allen's Test in Patients At Risk for Radial Artery Occlusion

David T Cheng  1 , Pramod K Chetty  1 , Kevin B Gerold  2
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Utility of Ultrasound in Performing a Reverse Allen's Test in Patients At Risk for Radial Artery Occlusion

David T Cheng et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Radial Artery Occlusion; Reverse Allen's Test; Ultrasound.

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Disclosures: The authors disclose no financial or other conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Proximal radial artery is occluded by clinician after confirmation of location via ultrasound. Afterwards, distal radial artery was demonstrated to be pulsatile via transmission from ulnar artery. The ultrasound is then slid medially to demonstrate pulsatility of the ulnar artery.
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