Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 104-107, January 2010

High prevalence of right-to-left shunt in patients with symptomatic great saphenous incompetence and varicose veins

Presented to the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, Phoenix, Ariz, Feb 11-14, 2009.

  • David D. Wright, MB, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • BTG International Ltd in London, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr David Wright, BTG International, 5 Fleet Pl, London EC4M 7RD, UK
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  • Kathleen D. Gibson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, Wash
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  • Jean Barclay, BS

      Affiliations

    • Conshohocken, Lake Washington Vascular, Conshohocken, Pa
  • ,
  • Alexander Razumovsky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sentient NeuroCare Services Inc, Cockeysville, Md
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  • Janet Rush, MD

      Affiliations

    • Conshohocken, Lake Washington Vascular, Conshohocken, Pa
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  • Charles N. McCollum, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Studies Unit, Academic Surgery Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Received 16 April 2009; accepted 4 August 2009. published online 19 October 2009.

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 The study was sponsored by BTG International Limited UK.

 Competition of interest: D. W., J. B., and J. R. are full-time employees of BTG International. K.G. is a consultant to BTG International.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01621-8

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.008

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 104-107, January 2010