"Venous Insufficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with EDEMA and sometimes with VENOUS STASIS ULCERS at the ankle.
| Descriptor ID |
D014689
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.952
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| Concept/Terms |
Venous Insufficiency- Venous Insufficiency
- Insufficiencies, Venous
- Insufficiency, Venous
- Venous Insufficiencies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Venous Insufficiency" by people in Profiles.
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'Real' epidemiology of varicose veins and chronic venous diseases: the San Valentino Vascular Screening Project. Angiology. 2002 Mar-Apr; 53(2):119-30.
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Noninvasive investigations in vascular disease. St Mary's Fellows. ISVI (Italian Society for Vascular Investigations). Angiology. 1998 Sep; 49(9):673-706.
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The role of venous reflux and calf muscle pump function in nonthrombotic chronic venous insufficiency. Correlation with severity of signs and symptoms. Arch Surg. 1996 Apr; 131(4):403-6.