Association of venous volume and diameter of incompetent perforator veins in the lower limb - Implications for perforator vein surgery

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 670-673

  Danielsson, Gudmundur ^a,c   Eklof, B ^b   Kistner, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Duplex ultrasound; Incompetent perforator veins; Plethysmography; Venous volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN PERFORATION; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VOLUME; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 28944446260     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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