The role of venous outflow obstruction in patients with chronic venous dysfunction

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-51

  Labropoulos, Nicos ^a,b   Volteas, Nicos ^a   Leon, Miguel ^a   Sowade, Olalekay ^a   Rulo, Alex ^a   Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031030915     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430250048011     Document Type: Article

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