Treatment of an unusual complication of endovenous laser therapy: Multiple small arteriovenous fistulas causing complete recanalization

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-168

  Yildirim, Erkan ^a   Saba, Tonguc ^a   Ozulku, Mehmet ^a   Harman, Ali ^a   Aytekin, Cuneyt ^a   Boyvat, Fatih ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Complication; Laser; Saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 59849083290     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-008-9356-y     Document Type: Article

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