Duplex mapping of 2036 primary varicose veins

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 681-689

  García Gimeno, Miguel ^a   Rodríguez Camarero, Santiago ^b   Tagarro Villalba, Salvador ^a   Ramalle Gomara, Enrique ^c   González González, Emma ^a   Arranz, Miguel Angel González ^a   García, Diego López ^a   Puerta, Carlos Vaquero ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^b Clinica La Esperanza   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS; POPLITEAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THIGH; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX;

FEMORAL VEIN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 61349183160     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.062     Document Type: Article

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