Development of reflux in the perforator veins in limbs with primary venous disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 558-562

  Labropoulos, Nicos ^a,b   Tassiopoulos, Apostolis K ^a   Bhatti, Ahmad F ^a   Leon, Luis ^a  

^a Loyola University Medical Center   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; PERFORATING VEIN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN; VENOUS REFLUX;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33644678021     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.11.046     Document Type: Article

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