Quantitation of reflux and outflow obstruction in patients with CVD and correlation with clinical severity

International Angiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-281

  Nicolaides, A ^a,b   Clark, H ^c   Labropoulos, N ^d   Geroulakos, G ^a,e   Lugli, M ^f   Maleti, O ^f,g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f HESPERIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Surgery Interuniversity Center of Phlebology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Reflux; Vein obstruction; Veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LOWER LIMB; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84905657448     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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