Venous Valvular Insufficiency Testing

Venous Valvular Insufficiency Testing
Vascular Exam Prep

Venous Valvular Insufficiency Testing

This lesson covers venous valvular insufficiency testing using duplex ultrasonography to evaluate lower extremity venous disorders. Students learn the anatomy of saphenous veins and tributaries, venous valve physiology, clinical manifestations of chronic venous insufficiency, and the CEAP classification system for grading venous disease severity.

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28:22 lesson

This unit is on venous valvular insufficiency testing or reflux testing. Main objectives for this particular lecture is to define the role of duplex ultrasonography in the evaluation of patients with lower extremity valvular disorders. We wanna define the clinical ideological, anatomical, and pathophysiological conditions of chronic venous insufficiency. We wanna also describe both direct and...

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