Sapheno-femoral junction reflux in patients with a normal saphenous trunk

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-599

  Labropoulos, Nicolas ^a   Leon, L ^a   Engelhorn, C A ^b   Amaral, S I ^c   Rodriguez, H ^a   Kang, S S ^a   Mansour, A M ^a   Littooy, F N ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Angiolab Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

^c Menezes da Costa Radiologic Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Competent great saphenous vein trunk; Duplex ultrasound; Saphenofemoral junction reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS REFLUX;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 7744246112     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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