CMAJ October 24, 2006; 175 (9). doi:10.1503/cmaj.060366.
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Diagnosis and treatment of deep-vein thrombosis
Dimitrios Scarvelis and
Philip S. Wells
From the Departments of Medicine (Scarvelis, Wells) and of Community Medicine and Epidemiology (Wells), the Division of Hematology (Scarvelis, Wells), and the Ottawa Health Research Institute (Scarvelis, Wells), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.

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Fig. 1: Diagram of leg veins (anterior view of right leg). Photo by: Lianne Friesen and Nicholas Woolridge
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Fig. 2: Diagnostic algorithm using D-dimer testing and ultrasound imaging in patients with suspected DVT.
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