Venous hemodynamic changes in lower limb venous disease: The UIP consensus according to scientific evidence

International Angiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 236-352

  Lee, Byung Boong ^aj   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^bh   Myers, Kenneth ^am   Meissner, Mark ^ap   Kalodiki, Evi ^ac   Allegra, Claudio ^a   Antignani, Pier Luigi ^b   Bækgaard, Niels ^c   Beach, Kirk ^d   Belcaro, Giovanni ^e   Black, Stephen ^f   Blomgren, Lena ^g   Bouskela, Eliete ^h   Cappelli, Massimo ⁱ   Caprini, Joseph ^j   Carpentier, Patrick ^k   Cavezzi, Attilio ^l   Chastanet, Sylvain ^m   Christenson, Jan T ⁿ   Christopoulos, Demetris ^o   Clarke, Heather ^p   Davies, Alun ^q   De Maeseneer, Marianne ^r   Eklof, Bo ^s   Ermini, Stefano ^t   Fernández, Fidel ^u   Franceschi, Claude ^v   Gasparis, Antonios ^w   Geroulakos, George ^x   Gianesini, Sergio ^y   Giannoukas, Athanasios ^z   Gloviczki, Peter ^aa   Huang, Ying ^ab   Ibegbuna, Veronica ^ac   Kakkos, Stavros K ^ad   Kistner, Robert ^ae   Kölbel, Tilo ^ae   Kurstjens, Ralph L M ^af   Labropoulos, Nicos ^ag   Laredo, James ^ah   Imer, Christopher R Latt ^x   Lugli, Marzia ^ai   Lurie, Fedor ^ak   Maleti, Oscar ^aj   Markovic, Jovan ^al   Mendoza, Erika ^an   Monedero, Javier L ^ap   Moneta, Gregory ^ao   Moore, Hayley ^x   Morrison, Nick ^aq   Mosti, Giovanni ^ar   Nelzén, Olle ^as   Obermayer, Alfred ^at   Ogawa, Tomohiro ^x   Parsi, Kurosh ^au   Sch, Hugo Part ^av   Passariello, Fausto ^aw   Perrin, Michel R ^ax   Pittaluga, Paul ^ay   Raju, Seshadri ^az   Ricci, Stefano ^m   Rosales, Antonio ^ba   Scuderi, Angelo ⁱ   Slagsvold, Carl Erik ^bb   Thurin, Anders ^bc   Urbanek, Tomasz ^bb   Rij, Andre Van ^bd   Vasquez, Michael ^be   Wittens, Cees H A ^bf   Zamboni, Paolo ^bg   Zimmet, Steven ^af   Ezpeleta, Santiago Zubicoa ^y   more..

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Vascular center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^f GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

ⁱ North Shore University Health System ^*  (Italy)

^j NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^k GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l Medical of Eurocenter Venalinfa   (Italy)

^m Riviera Vein Institut   (Monaco)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^o G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^p MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^r ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^u HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^v PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^w STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^aa Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^ab MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^ac EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^af MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ag STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ah GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^ai Division of Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

^aj HESPERIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^al DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^an General sretary of the German Society of Phlebology   (Germany)

^ao OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ap Ruber International Hospital   (Spain)

^aq Morrison Vein Institute   (United States)

^ar Angiology Department   (Italy)

^as Victoria Vein Clinic   (Australia)

^at UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^au Institute of Functional Phlebologic Surgery   (Austria)

^av Fukushima Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^ax MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^ay President at Vasculab Foundation   (Italy)

^az South Lyon Hospital   (France)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bb OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^bc PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^bd SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^be MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^bg UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^bh Zimmet Vein and Dermatology Clinic   (United States)

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Author keywords

Association between venous clinical severity and hemodynamic abnormalities; Venous disease; Venous hemodynamic changes after treatment; Venous hemodynamics; Venous macrocirculation; Venous microcirculation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOACTIVE DRUG;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY POSTURE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION INSTRUMENT; COMPRESSION PRESSURE; COMPRESSION STOCKING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN PERFORATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; EDEMA; ELECTRICAL CALF MUSCLE STIMULATION DEVICE; EXERCISE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG EDEMA; LIMB DISEASE; LOWER LIMB VENOUS DISEASE; LYMPH VESSEL; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTURAL VENOARTERIOLAR RESPONSE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN PERFORATION; VEIN TONE; VEIN VALVE; VEIN WALL; VELOCITY; VENOUS CAPACITANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX; VENOUS STASIS; VENULE; WALKING; YOUNG MODULUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LOWER LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84971532167     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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