| Descriptor English: | Venous Insufficiency | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Insuficiencia Venosa
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Insuficiência Venosa | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Insuffisance veineuse | ||||
| Entry term(s): |
Insufficiencies, Venous Insufficiency, Venous Venous Insufficiencies |
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| Tree number(s): |
C14.907.952 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014689 | ||||
| Scope note: | Impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with EDEMA and sometimes with VENOUS STASIS ULCERS at the ankle. |
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| Annotation: | general or unspecified but usually of the legs; coordinate IM with specific vein (IM) or organ /blood supply (IM) if pertinent |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Vascular Diseases (1966-1972) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 73 |
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| History Note: | 73 |
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| DeCS ID: | 15095 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D014689 | ||||
| NLM Classification: | WG 600 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1973/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2007/07/09 |
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Venous Insufficiency
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| Concept UI |
M0022591 |
| Scope note | Impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with EDEMA and sometimes with VENOUS STASIS ULCERS at the ankle. |
| Preferred term | Venous Insufficiency |
| Entry term(s) |
Insufficiencies, Venous Insufficiency, Venous Venous Insufficiencies |
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