Chronic venous insufficiency--clinical and therapeutic approach.
Chronic venous insufficiency is defined as a state of venous hypertension that is shown by two big syndromes: the edematous and the indurating hypodermitis. The common characteristic of this pathology is the claudication of the valve function; the most frequent cases being in descending order, are the following: Post-traumatic syndrome, Essential insufficiency, Artenovenous fistula, Angioplasies.
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery