Lower extremity venous anatomy

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-156

  Meissner, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Thrombosis; Valvular incompetence; Vein

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOMODULIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANATOMY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; FASCIA; FEMORAL VEIN; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG VEIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PERONEAL VEIN; POPLITEAL VEIN; RETICULAR VEIN; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SOLEAL VEIN; TIBIAL VEIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VEIN WALL; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 27744574101     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-921948     Document Type: Review

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