Improved hemodynamic effectiveness and associated clinical correlations of a new intermittent pneumatic compression system in patients with chronic venous insufficiency

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 915-922

  Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Szendro, Gabriel ^b   Griffin, Maura ^a   Sabetai, Michael M ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG; MAST SUIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; TIME; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITY SUITS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEG; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTPHLEBITIC SYNDROME; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0035513647     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118822     Document Type: Article

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