Compression therapy in mixed ulcers increases venous output and arterial perfusion

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-128

  Mosti, Giovanni ^a   Iabichella, Maria Letizia ^a   Partsch, Hugo ^b  

^a MD Barbantini Clinic   (Italy)

^b Private Practice   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG ULCER; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN PRESSURE; VENOUS OUTPUT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG ULCER; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 83955164251     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.071     Document Type: Article

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