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Prevalence and awareness of varicose veins among teachers in Abha, Saudi Arabia
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Background: Teachers, compelled by the nature of their profession, are required to stand for a significant amount of time. This prolonged standing, being one of the risk factors for venous insufficiency, puts them at risk to develop varicose veins. Hence,
Abdullah Dalboh +3 more
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Decreased PGE₂ content reduces MMP-1 activity and consequently increases collagen density in human varicose vein. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Varicose veins are elongated and dilated saphenous veins. Despite the high prevalence of this disease, its pathogenesis remains unclear.In this study, we investigated the control of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression by prostaglandin (PG)E₂ ...
Ingrid Gomez +6 more
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Surgical Treatment of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities
Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2023 The review presents an analysis of relevant literature on the surgical treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities. Modern methods of surgical intervention for varicose veins are considered: open operations, methods of thermal ablation of the ...
I. P. Mikhailov +2 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 ObjectiveVaricose veins are a common problem worldwide and can cause significant impairments in health-related quality of life, but the etiology and pathogenesis remain not well defined. This study aims to elucidate transcriptomic regulations of varicose
Jianbin Zhang +16 more
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Амбулаторная хирургия, 2023 The presence of dilated suprapubic veins (suprapubic shunt) is considered to be a classic symptom of post-thrombotic and non-thrombotic venous outflow obstruction. Meanwhile, the descriptions of isolated cases of the creation of a suprapubic shunt during
A. A. Akulova +4 more
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Biomechanical response of varicose veins to elastic compression: A numerical study. [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceA patient-specific finite-element (FE) model of the human leg is developed to model the stress distribution in and around a vein wall in order to determine the biomechanical response of varicose veins to compression treatment.
Avril, Stéphane +4 more
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Cardiology Research and Practice, 2021 The varicose vein results from the inefficient functioning of the valves in the lower limb veins, making the blood flow slow down and leading to blood stasis and hypoxia.
Lukasz Gwozdzinski +4 more
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Three-dimensional phlebography of the saphenous venous system [PDF]
, 2000 This is the first study reporting the technique for the 3D visualization of the saphenous veins obtained by CT in living ...
CAGGIATI, Alberto +2 more
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Global impact and contributing factors in varicose vein disease development
SAGE Open Medicine, 2022 Varicose veins are convoluted, expanded, and stretched subcutaneous veins of the lower leg and are the most frequently reported medical condition. This condition has a higher prevalence in Western and developed countries. Inadequacy of the valves results
Muhammad Rahil Aslam +10 more
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Seminars in Interventional Radiology, 2005 The treatment of superficial venous disease and chronic venous insufficiency continues to evolve, and the interest in venous disease has matched that in arterial disease in vascular medicine. A better understanding of venous anatomy and pathophysiology and the development of newer, more efficient diagnostic technology have allowed clinicians to utilize
Michael, Ombrellino, Lowell S, Kabnick
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