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Varicose Veins and Chronic Venous Disease
Cardiology Clinics, 2021Chronic venous disease is a worldwide problem associated with significant morbidity and is expected to increase in prevalence as the current population ages. This is a comprehensive review of the anatomy, pathophysiology, genomics, clinical classification, and treatment modalities of chronic venous disease.
Eri Fukaya
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Risk Factors for Bleeding Varicose Veins in Patients with Chronic Venous Disease
Medicina (Lithuania), 2023 Background and Objectives: Chronic venous disease (CVD) is a widespread clinical condition that is very common in western countries in the adult general population with a wide range of clinical manifestations, such as varicose veins (VVs) that in certain circumstances may complicate with rupture and subsequent bleeding that may even be fatal.
Umberto Marcello Bracale +2 more
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Popliteal vein compression, obesity, and chronic venous disease
Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 2022Obesity is a known risk factor for the development of chronic venous disease (CVD). However, some obese patients with lower limb skin changes suggestive of venous disease do not demonstrate venous reflux or obstruction. Popliteal vein compression (PVC) caused by knee hyperextension during standing has been postulated by others to be more common in the ...
Rebecca N, Millen +3 more
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Deep vein thrombosis in patients with chronic kidney disease
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2008SummaryDeep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a poorly understood complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The objective of our analysis was to profile DVT patients with and without CKD. We defined CKD as patients requiring dialysis or patients having nephrotic syndrome.We compared 268 patients with CKD (184 patients with dialysis-dependent renal disease ...
H Leon, Daneschvar +3 more
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Incidence of chronic venous disease in the Edinburgh Vein Study
Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 2013Epidemiologic research in chronic venous disease has focused on prevalence and associated risk factors. Evidence on the risks and incidence that this condition will develop is limited. The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of new varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in an adult population and to investigate risk factors ...
Lindsay, Robertson +6 more
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Retinal vein occlusion and chronic kidney disease: A meta-analysis
European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020Objectives: We performed this meta-analysis to assess the correlation of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Cochrane Library for population-based ...
Li Jian Fang +3 more
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Pulmonary vein stenosis mimicking chronic lung disease
Acta Paediatrica, 2003The presence of recurrent respiratory symptoms and right heart enlargement in an ex‐premature infant is suggestive of chronic lung disease. Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare, progressive disorder that produces similar symptoms and signs. A case is reported in which pulmonary vein stenosis was revealed by Doppler echocardiography, and this application ...
S, Chakrabarti +3 more
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Chronic Venous Disease and Varicose Veins
2017The lower limb venous system is responsible for the return of the blood from the leg toward the heart. Chronic venous disease occurs by a deficiency in the blood return due to structural or functional abnormalities of the veins of the lower limbs. Insufficient venous return leads to the accumulation of blood in the lower limbs and to varying degrees of
Maíra Faria Braga Pires +2 more
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Measurement of hepatic vein pressure gradient in children with chronic liver diseases
Journal of Hepatology, 2010The aim of this study is to present our preliminary experience with Hepatic Vein Pressure Gradient (HVPG) measurements in pediatric patients with chronic liver disease.Institutional review board approval was obtained. HVPG was measured in 20 pediatric patients, mean age 82+/-54 months, with chronic liver disease, without extrahepatic portal vein ...
Roberto Miraglia, Settimo Caruso
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Saving Veins, Saving Lives, for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2019Paje and colleagues reported a study of PICC use in patients with CKD. The editorialist discusses how vein protection depends on decision making by nonnephrologists caring for complex patients with...
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