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Prevalence of Bilateral Greater Saphenous Vein Insufficiency

Prevalence of Bilateral Greater Saphenous Vein Insufficiency In venous insufficiency states, venous blood escapes from its normal antegrade path of flow and refluxes back down the veins into an already congested leg. Venous insufficiency symptoms are most commonly caused by valvular incompetence in the low-pressure superficial venous system. Patients with venous insufficiency may have signs and symptoms of fatigue, heaviness, aching, cramping, throbbing, itching, lower extremity discoloration, and ulcer. Varicose veins are a sign of underlying venous insufficiency and affect 20–30% of adults. Duplex of the lower extremity venous system to rule out venous insufficiency was performed to determine the prevalence of bilateral great saphenous vein insufficiency in men and women. Great saphenous vein insufficiency is the most common form of venous insufficiency in patients presenting with signs and symptoms. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for Vascular Ultrasound SAGE

Prevalence of Bilateral Greater Saphenous Vein Insufficiency

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SAGE
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© 2016 Society for Vascular Ultrasound
ISSN
1544-3167
eISSN
1544-3175
DOI
10.1177/154431671604000303
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Abstract

In venous insufficiency states, venous blood escapes from its normal antegrade path of flow and refluxes back down the veins into an already congested leg. Venous insufficiency symptoms are most commonly caused by valvular incompetence in the low-pressure superficial venous system. Patients with venous insufficiency may have signs and symptoms of fatigue, heaviness, aching, cramping, throbbing, itching, lower extremity discoloration, and ulcer. Varicose veins are a sign of underlying venous insufficiency and affect 20–30% of adults. Duplex of the lower extremity venous system to rule out venous insufficiency was performed to determine the prevalence of bilateral great saphenous vein insufficiency in men and women. Great saphenous vein insufficiency is the most common form of venous insufficiency in patients presenting with signs and symptoms.

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Journal for Vascular UltrasoundSAGE

Published: Sep 1, 2016

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