From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins
The presence of pulsating varicous veins is an uncommon finding, generically attributed to right heart failure. The precise causes of this phenomenon have been poorly defined in the literature. The finding of this infrequent condition is important because it may be a sign of major diseases, often no...
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| author | Michele Dalla Vestra Elisabetta Grolla Luca Bonanni Vittorio Dorrucci Fabio Presotto Fausto Rigo |
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| description | The presence of pulsating varicous veins is an uncommon finding, generically attributed to right heart failure. The precise causes of this phenomenon have been poorly defined in the literature. The finding of this infrequent condition is important because it may be a sign of major diseases, often not known. Here we described a 75-year-old woman presented to the Angiology Unit for the presence of bilateral pulsatile swelling in her groin and along both lower limbs. A bedside ultrasound examination showed an arterial like pulsating flow both in the superficial and in the deep veins of the lower limbs due to a severe tricuspid regurgitation not previously known. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e42f2a968f164ddeb276d9a7d98c13ad2025-02-03T05:48:08ZengWileyCase Reports in Vascular Medicine2090-69862090-69942015-01-01201510.1155/2015/849408849408From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose VeinsMichele Dalla Vestra0Elisabetta Grolla1Luca Bonanni2Vittorio Dorrucci3Fabio Presotto4Fausto Rigo5Angiology Unit, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Venezia-Mestre, ItalyDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Venezia-Mestre, ItalyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Venezia-Mestre, ItalyDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Venezia-Mestre, ItalyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Venezia-Mestre, ItalyDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Via Paccagnella 11, 30174 Venezia-Mestre, ItalyThe presence of pulsating varicous veins is an uncommon finding, generically attributed to right heart failure. The precise causes of this phenomenon have been poorly defined in the literature. The finding of this infrequent condition is important because it may be a sign of major diseases, often not known. Here we described a 75-year-old woman presented to the Angiology Unit for the presence of bilateral pulsatile swelling in her groin and along both lower limbs. A bedside ultrasound examination showed an arterial like pulsating flow both in the superficial and in the deep veins of the lower limbs due to a severe tricuspid regurgitation not previously known.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/849408 |
| spellingShingle | Michele Dalla Vestra Elisabetta Grolla Luca Bonanni Vittorio Dorrucci Fabio Presotto Fausto Rigo From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins Case Reports in Vascular Medicine |
| title | From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins |
| title_full | From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins |
| title_fullStr | From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins |
| title_full_unstemmed | From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins |
| title_short | From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins |
| title_sort | from the veins to the heart a rare cause of varicose veins |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/849408 |
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