Abstract

MARTI MESTRE, Xavier et al. Guidelines on lower limb venous system vascular assessment from SEACV vascular diagnosis chapter. Angiología [online]. 2023, vol.75, n.1, pp.25-42.  Epub May 01, 2023. ISSN 1695-2987.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/angiologia.00440.

Clinical practice guidelines have positioned themselves as an extremely useful, accessible, and necessary tool to properly carry out daily work. The Capítulo de Diagnóstico Vascular of Sociedad Española de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular has been developing this instrument of dissemination, consolidation and homogenization of knowledge in the aspect of vascular diagnosis, which is the one that concerns it. Venous insufficiency of the lower limbs is one of the richest and most defended fields of study and diagnosis since the Chapter on Vascular Diagnosis. This entity has already published two excellent guides on this subject. Although at a lower rate and with a different philosophy than other kind of clinical guidelines, diagnostic guidelines must also be updated, incorporating new areas of knowledge, changing points of view, or simply, explaining the same facts from other perspectives.

With this spirit we present this new update of the “Guide to the venous exploration of the lower limbs”, being very clear that we are not trying, far from it, to replace those already published, but to complement them and add knowledge. From this perspective, we have captured the ultrasound findings that we can record in a venous study; we have included a chapter on the “normal” ultrasound anatomy of the veins of the lower extremities, updating its gazetteer; we have detailed in great detail what would be a venous ultrasound examination of the lower limbs; we have reserved a space to remember and update ultrasound study protocols of venous thrombosis; and, finally, and as a star theme, we have developed an innovative chapter on the study of pelvic venous insufficiency.

Keywords : Doppler ultrasound; Venous insufficiency of lower extremities; Pelvic venous insufficiency.

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