Chronic venous obstruction: Diagnostic considerations and therapeutic role of percutaneous iliac stenting

Vascular

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Neglén, Peter ^a,b  

^a River Oaks Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Deep venous thrombosis; Iliac vein obstruction; Percutaneous iliac stenting; Post thrombotic syndrome; Postphlebitic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; LEG; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36749029563     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00071     Document Type: Article

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