The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic venous insufficiency

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-150

  Thorisson, Hjalti M ^a   Pollak, Jeffrey S ^a   Scoutt, Leslie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ultrasound of varicose veins; Ultrasound guided venous ablation; Venous insufficiency; Venous mapping

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ANATOMY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEBECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; LEG; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34249807308     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000277035.82208.bf     Document Type: Review

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