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Venous insufficiency

MedGen UID:
21841
Concept ID:
C0042485
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Insufficiencies, Venous; Insufficiency, Venous; Venous Insufficiencies; Venous Insufficiency
SNOMED CT: Peripheral venous insufficiency (20696009)
 
HPO: HP:0005293
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000945

Definition

A condition in which there is inadequate blood flow through a vein. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Azar J, Rao A, Oropallo A
J Wound Care 2022 Jun 2;31(6):510-519. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2022.31.6.510. PMID: 35678787
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Am Fam Physician 2019 Sep 1;100(5):298-305. PMID: 31478635
Trayes KP, Studdiford JS, Pickle S, Tully AS
Am Fam Physician 2013 Jul 15;88(2):102-10. PMID: 23939641

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Azar J, Rao A, Oropallo A
J Wound Care 2022 Jun 2;31(6):510-519. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2022.31.6.510. PMID: 35678787
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Chamanga ET
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Raffetto JD, Mannello F
Int Angiol 2014 Jun;33(3):212-21. Epub 2014 Apr 23 PMID: 24755829

Diagnosis

Youn YJ, Lee J
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Circulation 2014 Jul 22;130(4):333-46. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.006898. PMID: 25047584
Raffetto JD, Mannello F
Int Angiol 2014 Jun;33(3):212-21. Epub 2014 Apr 23 PMID: 24755829
Trayes KP, Studdiford JS, Pickle S, Tully AS
Am Fam Physician 2013 Jul 15;88(2):102-10. PMID: 23939641

Therapy

Whing J, Nandhra S, Nesbitt C, Stansby G
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Aug 11;8(8):CD005624. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005624.pub4. PMID: 34378180Free PMC Article
Basile A, Failla G, Gozzo C
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2021 Feb;42(1):3-12. Epub 2020 Jul 9 doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2020.07.001. PMID: 33541587
Martinez-Zapata MJ, Vernooij RW, Simancas-Racines D, Uriona Tuma SM, Stein AT, Moreno Carriles RMM, Vargas E, Bonfill Cosp X
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Nov 3;11(11):CD003229. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003229.pub4. PMID: 33141449Free PMC Article
Smyth RM, Aflaifel N, Bamigboye AA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Oct 19;2015(10):CD001066. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001066.pub3. PMID: 26477632Free PMC Article
Pittler MH, Ernst E
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD003230. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003230.pub4. PMID: 23152216Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Kim Y, Png CYM, Sumpio BJ, DeCarlo CS, Dua A
Semin Vasc Surg 2021 Mar;34(1):59-64. Epub 2021 Feb 3 doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2021.02.007. PMID: 33757637
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Laryngoscope 2020 Aug;130(8):2040-2046. Epub 2019 Nov 11 doi: 10.1002/lary.28389. PMID: 31710712
Berti-Hearn L, Elliott B
Nursing 2019 Dec;49(12):24-30. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000604688.03299.aa. PMID: 31658230
Verma H, Tripathi RK
Semin Vasc Surg 2015 Mar;28(1):54-60. Epub 2015 Jul 20 doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2015.07.002. PMID: 26358310
Keast DH, Despatis M, Allen JO, Brassard A
Int Wound J 2015 Jun;12(3):328-33. Epub 2014 Feb 12 doi: 10.1111/iwj.12224. PMID: 24618210Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Chopard R, Albertsen IE, Piazza G
JAMA 2020 Nov 3;324(17):1765-1776. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.17272. PMID: 33141212
Lurie F, Passman M, Meisner M, Dalsing M, Masuda E, Welch H, Bush RL, Blebea J, Carpentier PH, De Maeseneer M, Gasparis A, Labropoulos N, Marston WA, Rafetto J, Santiago F, Shortell C, Uhl JF, Urbanek T, van Rij A, Eklof B, Gloviczki P, Kistner R, Lawrence P, Moneta G, Padberg F, Perrin M, Wakefield T
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord 2020 May;8(3):342-352. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2019.12.075. PMID: 32113854
Busuttil A, Lim CS, Davies AH
Adv Exp Med Biol 2017;906:363-375. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_126. PMID: 27628001
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Recent systematic reviews

Gloviczki P, Lawrence PF, Wasan SM, Meissner MH, Almeida J, Brown KR, Bush RL, Di Iorio M, Fish J, Fukaya E, Gloviczki ML, Hingorani A, Jayaraj A, Kolluri R, Murad MH, Obi AT, Ozsvath KJ, Singh MJ, Vayuvegula S, Welch HJ
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord 2024 Jan;12(1):101670. Epub 2023 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2023.08.011. PMID: 37652254Free PMC Article
Martinez-Zapata MJ, Vernooij RW, Simancas-Racines D, Uriona Tuma SM, Stein AT, Moreno Carriles RMM, Vargas E, Bonfill Cosp X
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Nov 3;11(11):CD003229. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003229.pub4. PMID: 33141449Free PMC Article
Chopard R, Albertsen IE, Piazza G
JAMA 2020 Nov 3;324(17):1765-1776. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.17272. PMID: 33141212
Orr L, Klement KA, McCrossin L, O'Sullivan Drombolis D, Houghton PE, Spaulding S, Burke S
Ostomy Wound Manage 2017 Aug;63(8):30-43. doi: 10.25270/owm.2017.08.3043. PMID: 28873064
Pittler MH, Ernst E
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD003230. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003230.pub4. PMID: 23152216Free PMC Article

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