Deep venous reflux and incompetent perforators: Significance and implications for therapy

Phlebology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-27

  Labropoulos, N ^a   Leon, L ^a   Rodriguez, H ^a   Kang, S S ^a   Mansour, A M ^a   Littooy, F N ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Deep veins; Duplex ultrasound; Perforator veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEEP VENOUS REFLUX; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFORATING VEIN; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; THROMBOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 1642334736     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835504773042239     Document Type: Article

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