Prospective evaluation of chronic venous insufficiency based on foot venous pressure measurements and air plethysmography findings

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 804-811

  Fukuoka, Masato ^b   Sugimoto, Takaki ^b   Okita, Yutaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDUAL VOLUME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENOUS FILLING INDEX; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0141885363     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00548-2     Document Type: Article

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