Lessons learned from a 6-year clinical experience with superior vena cava Greenfield filters [PDF]
Purpose: Therapy to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE) resulting from upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (UEDVT) remains controversial despite an increasing incidence of DVT of upper extremity origin.
Ascher, Enrico+4 more
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Duplication of the great saphenous vein: A definition problem and implications for therapy [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In the literature there is a range from 1% to 20% of duplication (up to 20%) of the great saphenous vein (GSV) reported, because there is a lack of an accurate definition of the GSV and objective parameters for an anatomical identification ...
Dijk, L. (Liset) van+4 more
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Diagnostik venöser Erkrankungen [PDF]
Zusammenfassung: Die venösen Erkrankungen der unteren Extremitäten stellen mit der Varikose, der Thrombophlebitis, der tiefen Beinvenenthrombose und der chronischen venösen Insuffizienz aufgrund des weitverbreiteten und im Alter zunehmenden Vorkommens ...
Do, Dai-Do, Husmann, Marc
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Venous outflow of the leg: Anatomy and physiologic mechanism of the plantar venous plexus [PDF]
Purpose: Mechanisms of venous outflow from the leg and foot have not been clearly defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomy and physiologic mechanism of the plantar venous plexus and its impact on venous drainage from the tibial ...
Cisek, Paul+3 more
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Bayes pulmonary embolism assisted-diagnosis: a new expert system for clinical use [PDF]
Background: The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism demands flexible decision models, both for the presence of clinical confounders and for the variability of local diagnostic resources.
Antiga, Luca+6 more
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Venous Thrombosis: Risk Factors and Management [PDF]
During the past 2 decades, the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has greatly evolved. First, the assessment of the clinical probability has gained wide acceptance.
Bounameaux, Henri, Righini, Marc
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DIAGNOSTIC POSSIBILITIES OF ELECTROROENTGENOGRAPHY IN POSTPHLEBITIC SYNDROME [PDF]
No ...
Manolova, M.+3 more
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The use of the rapid D-dimer test for the exclusion of acute venous thromboembolism in a regional hospital. [PDF]
The performance of rapid D-dimer ELISA assay has been validated as a part of various diagnostic work-ups in tertiary care hospitals for the exclusion of acute thromboembolism in the medical emergency department.
Cornuz, J., Fumeaux, T.
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Late results of iliofemoral venous thrombectomy [PDF]
Purpose: Although anticoagulation therapy for iliofemoral venous thrombosis prevents pulmonary embolism, it is not designed to avoid the postthrombotic syndrome.
Alimi, Y.S.+4 more
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Evidence-based medicine : an overview [PDF]
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is about combining the best clinical expertise with the best available clinical information in the literature. At face value, this statement may seem simplistic, but closer scrutiny will lead to a reappraisal.
Tilney, Myra Kay
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