Endovenous saphenous ablation corrects the hemodynamic abnormality in patients with CEAP clinical class 3-6 CVI due to superficial reflux

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Marston, William A ^a,c   Owens, Lewis V ^b   Davies, Steven ^a   Mendes, Robert R ^a   Farber, Mark A ^a   Keagy, Blair A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 33747867358     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440604000206     Document Type: Article

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