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  2. Chronic venous insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Venous valves. The most common cause of chronic venous insufficiency is reflux of the venous valves of superficial veins. [2] This may in turn be caused by several conditions: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), that is, blood clots in the deep veins. Chronic venous insufficiency caused by DVT may be described as postthrombotic syndrome. DVT triggers ...

  3. Ultrasonography of chronic venous insufficiency of the legs

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    If a perforator valve is incompetent, then a reflux from the deep to the superficial through the perforator vein will be registered. [21] Valsalva maneuver – when the patient performs this maneuver, he or she increases intra-abdominal venous pressure. If the great saphenous valve at the sapheno-femoral junction is incompetent, a reflux will ...

  4. CHIVA method - Wikipedia

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    The term is a French acronym for Conservatrice Hémodynamique de l'Insuffisance Veineuse en Ambulatoire (ambulatory conservative hemodynamic treatment venous insufficiency). The method is based on the assumption that the symptoms of varicose veins are mainly the expression of an hemodynamic circulatory disorder, induced by various venous system ...

  5. Post-thrombotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    When physicians find a DVT in the clinical history of their patients, a postthrombotic syndrome is possible if the patients have suggestive symptoms. Ultrasonography for deep venous thrombosis must be performed to evaluate the situation: the degree of obstruction by clots, the location of these clots, and the detection of deep and/or ...

  6. Venous stasis - Wikipedia

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    Recommendations by clinicians to reduce venous stasis and DVT/PE often encourage increasing walking, calf exercises, and intermittent pneumatic compression when possible. [5] [6] [7] Weakened Venous valves: these are crucial towards ensuring upward flow to the heart from the lower extremities.

  7. Vascular disease - Wikipedia

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    Venous insufficiency is the most common disorder of the venous system, and is usually manifested as either spider veins or varicose veins. Several treatments are available including endovenous thermal ablation (using radiofrequency or laser energy), vein stripping, ambulatory phlebectomy, foam sclerotherapy, laser, or compression. [citation needed]

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