Venous Insufficiency

Impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with EDEMA and sometimes with VENOUS STASIS ULCERS at the ankle.

Year introduced: 1973

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Tree Number(s): C14.907.952

MeSH Unique ID: D014689

Entry Terms:

• Insufficiencies, Venous
• Insufficiency, Venous
• Venous Insufficiencies

Previous Indexing:

• Vascular Diseases (1966-1972)

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Venous Insufficiency
Postphlebitic Syndrome
Postthrombotic Syndrome