Multi-society Consensus Quality Improvement Guidelines for the Treatment of Lower-extremity Superficial Venous Insufficiency with Endovenous Thermal Ablation from the Society of Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, American College of Phlebology, and Canadian Interventional Radiology Association

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-31

  Khilnani, Neil M ^a   Grassi, Clement J ^b   Kundu, Sanjoy ^d   D'Agostino, Horacio R ^g   Khan, Arshad Ahmed ^h   McGraw, J Kevin ^k   Miller, Donald L ^i,j   Millward, Steven F ^e,f   Osnis, Robert B ^l   Postoak, Darren ^m   Saiter, Cindy Kaiser ^o   Schwartzberg, Marc S ^p   Swan, Timothy L ^q   Vedantham, Suresh ^r   Wiechmann, Bret N ⁿ   Crocetti, Laura ^s   Cardella, John F ^c   Min, Robert J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

^d Vein Institute of Toronto   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f Peterborough Regional Health Centre   (Canada)

^g Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l RADIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁿ Vascular and Interventional Physicians   (United States)

^o Radiology Associates   (United States)

^p Radiology Associates of Central Florida   (United States)

^q MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^r WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSESTHESIA; ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROPHLEBECTOMY; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TUMESCENT ANESTHESIA; VARICOSIS;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERNATIONALITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 72549083404     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.01.034     Document Type: Article

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