Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Workup

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

Keywords

chronic venous insufficiency, CVI, superficial venous insufficiency, venous insufficiency, postphlebitic syndrome, postthrombotic syndrome lipodermatosclerosis, superficial venous incompetence, venous incompetence, valvular incompetence, hypercoagulability, Virchow triad, venous stasis, venous stasis ulcers, venous reflux, stasis dermatitis, stasis ulcer, venous ulcer, DVT, deep vein thrombosis, varicose veins, junctional high-pressure disease, perforator high-pressure disease, venous hypertension, varicosities, varicosity, telangiectasia, venectasia, spider vein, vein disease, venous disease, swollen veins, telangiectatic veins

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Katherine E Brown, DO, Consulting Staff, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Diego
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William H Pearce, MD, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Violet and Charles Baldwin Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine
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