The importance of deep venous reflux velocity as a determinant of outcome in patients with combined superficial and deep venous reflux treated with endovenous saphenous ablation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 400-406

  Marston, William A ^a   Brabham, V Wells ^a   Mendes, Robert ^a   Berndt, Daniel ^a   Weiner, Meredith ^a   Keagy, Blair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS SAPHENOUS ABLATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 47249101739     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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