Suitability of varicose veins for endovenous treatments

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 988-991

  Goode, S D ^a,b   Kuhan, G ^b   Altaf, N ^b   Simpson, R ^b   Beech, A ^b   Richards, T ^b   MacSweeney, S T ^b   Braithwaite, B D ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endovenous treatments; Interventional radiology; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LEG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 69949147605     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9616-5     Document Type: Article

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