Recommended Reporting Standards for Endovenous Ablation for the Treatment of Venous Insufficiency: Joint Statement of the American Venous Forum and the Society of Interventional Radiology

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1073-1080

  Kundu, Sanjoy ^a   Lurie, Fedor ^b   Millward, Steven F ^c   Padberg Jr , Frank ^d   Vedantham, Suresh ^e   Elias, Steven ^f   Khilnani, Neil M ^g   Marston, William ^h   Cardella, John F ⁱ   Meissner, Mark H ^j   Dalsing, Michael C ^k   Clark, Timothy W I ^l   Min, Robert J ^g  

^a Vein Institute of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVENOUS ABLATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RATING SCALE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; MANDATORY REPORTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34548215165     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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