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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The lymphatic vasculature is an integral component of the circulatory and immune systems.1 It is composed of a network of vessels that interconnect the body’s interstitial…

HISTORY Print Section Listen History Gathering Is Valuable Despite major advances in imaging technology, the history and physical examination remains the primary measure for assessing patients with peripheral vascular disease….

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The peripheral and internal venous system is a huge vascular bed responsible for returning both deoxygenated peripheral blood and detoxified internal blood by the liver back…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Nuclear medicine provides several valuable tools for the assessment of the venous vasculature. Most clinicians are familiar with the lung ventilation/perfusion scan (V/Q) for diagnosis of…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Malignancy, whether in the form of a solid tumor or hematologic neoplasm, constitutes a significant risk for hypercoagulability. Venous and arterial thromboembolic diseases are important causes…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Along with an exponential increase in awareness of venous disease has come a concomitant increase in its evaluation and treatment. Innovation from new drugs and novel…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging modality for venous diseases that is an alternative to more conventional techniques such as ultrasonography, impedance plethysmography, computed tomography…

FUNCTIONAL MECHANICS OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL VASCULAR FLOW Print Section Listen Mathematically describing fluid systems is very complex. Hemodynamics can be defined as the physical factors that influence blood flow…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Hemostasis is the physiologic response to bleeding that occurs when a vessel wall is disrupted and is regulated through several processes. The first response is the…