Venous reflux has a limited effect on calf muscle pump dysfunction in post-thrombotic patients

Clinical Science

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 449-454

  Haenen, José H ^a   Janssen, Mirian C H ^a   Brakkee, Alphonsus J M ^a   Van Langen, Herman ^a   Wollersheim, Hub ^a   De Boo, Theo M ^a   Skotnicki, Stefan H ^a   Thien, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Plethysmography; Venous duplex; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN RESISTANCE; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0034033361     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0980449     Document Type: Article

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