Clinical and hemodynamic significance of the greater saphenous vein diameter in chronic venous insufficiency

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1233-1237

  Navarro, Tulio P ^a   Delis, Konstantinos T ^a   Ribeiro, Antonio P ^b  

^a University of Juiz de Fora   (Brazil)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAZIL; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; ROC CURVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0036847792     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.11.1233     Document Type: Article

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