Comparison of new continuous measurements of ambulatory venous pressure (AVP) with conventional tiptoe exercise ambulatory AVP in relation to the CEAP clinical classification of chronic venous disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 794-802

  Eifell, Ron K G ^a   Ashour, Hamdy Y ^a   Lees, Tim A ^b  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 33748981358     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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