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Nutcracker syndrome echocardiography or ultrasound

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Overview

Overview

Ultrasound

Ultrasound

Abdominal ultrasonography — not definitive but has been found to be useful.[1]

References

References

  1. Takebayashi S, Ueki T, Ikeda N, Fujikawa A. Diagnosis of the nutcracker syndrome with color Doppler sonography: correlation with flow patterns on retrograde left renal venography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Jan;172(1):39-43. PMID 9888735.

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