Pulsating varicose veins!! The diagnosis lies in the heart

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-266

  Abbas, Manzoor ^a   Hamilton, Mark ^a   Yahya, Mazri ^a   Mwipatayi, Patrice ^a   Sieunarine, Kishore ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic venous; Insufficiency; Right heart failure; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VARICOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE; WAVEFORM;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 33646012644     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03597.x     Document Type: Article

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