CHIVA to treat saphenous vein insufficiency in chronic venous disease: characteristics and results

Abstract There is considerable debate in the literature with relation to the best method to treat patients with chronic venous disease (CVD). CHIVA is an office-based treatment for varicose veins performed under local anesthesia. The aim of the technique is to lower transmural pressure in the super...

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Main Authors: Felipe Puricelli Faccini, Stefano Ermini, Claude Franceschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2019-02-01
Series:Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492019000100401&lng=en&tlng=en