The procedure is used for patients with either healed or active ulcers (CEAP classifications 5 or 6), caused by chronic venous insufficiency, in whom incompetent calf perforating veins are thought to ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(5):527-536. The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two axial systems, a superficial and a deep venous system. The superficial system lies above the muscle fascia in ...

Varicose veins (VVs) classically result from venous hypertension owing to incompetence of the major communications between the superficial and deep veins of the lower extremity. In a significant ...

Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is when the valves in the leg veins don’t work right and inappropriately allow blood to flow backward, back into the legs/feet from the effects of gravity. This is ...

Nearly 40 million Americans have varicose veins — the blue, bulging, gnarled veins in the legs that show through the skin. Telangiectasia, or spider veins, the more delicate red or blue tracings that ...

They can pop up at any time, but knobbly varicose veins lodged under the knees are mainly passed on in your genes from your parents. Varicose veins are uncomfortable and ubiquitous - it’s estimated ...

This is the time of year when many women (and men) think about sorting out their varicose veins – there are a good few months ahead now for them to cover up any healing. Traditional treatment involves ...

A fit 29-year-old from the Lake District noticed “bulging” veins in his legs after going on a run. James Lester realised what the bulging was because his grandad had the condition responsible for it – ...