Out of a recent CVI concensus: Some features of a basic statement

International Angiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 2-11

  Kalodiki, E ^a   Nicolaides, A N ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Venous insufficiency, diagnosis; Venous insufficiency, epidemiology; Venous insufficiency, physiopathology; Venous insufficiency,ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG VARICOSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCREENING TEST; SKIN ULCER; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VEIN VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; LEG; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HUMANS; LEG; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036592089     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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