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Varicose Veins: Summary
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00:00 In summary then to remind you: deep venous thrombosis is a potentially very dangerous and even fatal illness, particularly when it causes pulmonary embolism. 00:11 It’s often asymptomatic. So you may not pick it up in very sick patients. 00:19 There is effective therapy for both diseases available. 00:22 Varicose veins, particularly the superficial ones, are very common. They’re often a cosmetic problem when they’re not symptomatic. And, if they become symptomatic, then there’s also excellent surgical and sclerosing therapy for these veins: sclerosing therapy for smaller veins, surgical therapy for larger varicose veins.
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The lecture Varicose Veins: Summary by Joseph Alpert, MD is from the course Venous Diseases.
Included Quiz Questions
Varicose veins are generally eliminated for which of the following reasons?
- Appear as a cosmetic problem.
- Increase the risk of associated diseases.
- Provide medium for microbial infections.
- Increase the risk of deep venous thrombosis.
- Increase the risk of pulmonary embolism.
Author of lecture Varicose Veins: Summary
Joseph Alpert, MD
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