Fate of great saphenous vein after radio-frequency ablation: Detailed ultrasound imaging

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-344

  Salles Cunha, Sergio X ^a,b   Rajasinghe, Hiranya ^a,b   Dosick, Steven M ^a,b   Gale, Steven S ^a,b   Seiwert, Andrew ^a,b   Jones, Linda ^a,b   Beebe, Hugh G ^a,b   Comerota, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a Jobst Vascular Center ^*

^b JOBST VASCULAR CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 4043103521     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440403800405     Document Type: Article

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