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Conservative Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
| Antonios G. Angoules* | |
| Department of Medical Laboratories, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece | |
| Corresponding Author : | Antonios G. Angoules Department of Medical Laboratories Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece Tel: 30-6977011617 E-mail: antoniosangoules@yahoo.com |
| Received January 01, 2015; Accepted January 03, 2015; Published January 12, 2015 | |
| Citation: Angoules AG (2015) Conservative Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency. J Nov Physiother 5:e135. doi: 10.4172/2165-7025.1000e135 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Antonios G. Angoules. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a common ailment affecting particularly patients immobilized for a prolonged period of time which is associated with a significant socioeconomic burden. This nosological entity affects the superficial and the deep venous system of lower extremities and is characterized by valvular incompetence, reflux and the presumable presence of venous obstruction as the result of the distal venous hypertension.
