The clinical importance of air plethysmography in the assessment of chronic venous disease

Air plethysmography is a non-invasive test that can quantify venous reflux and obstruction by measuring volume changes in the leg. Its findings correlate with clinical and hemodynamic measures. It can quantitatively assess several components of venous hemodynamics: valvular reflux, calf muscle pump...

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Published inJornal vascular brasileiro Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 287 - 292
Main Authors Dezotti, Nei Rodrigues Alves, Dalio, Marcelo Bellini, Ribeiro, Maurício Serra, Piccinato, Carlos Eli, Joviliano, Edwaldo Edner
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 01.10.2016
Subjects
CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
doença venosa crônica
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
pletismografia a ar
Review
SURGERY
trombose venosa
varizes
úlcera de perna
chronic venous disease
leg ulcer
air plethysmography
varicose veins
venous thrombosis
trombose venosa
doença venosa crônica
pletismografia a ar
varizes
úlcera de perna
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Summary:Air plethysmography is a non-invasive test that can quantify venous reflux and obstruction by measuring volume changes in the leg. Its findings correlate with clinical and hemodynamic measures. It can quantitatively assess several components of venous hemodynamics: valvular reflux, calf muscle pump function, and venous obstruction. Although clinical uses of air plethysmography have been validated, it is used almost exclusively for medical research. Air plethysmography can be used to assess chronic venous disease, to evaluate improvement after venous surgery, to diagnose acute and past episodes of deep venous thrombosis, to evaluate compression stocking therapy, to study the physiological implications of high-heeled shoes in healthy women, and even to evaluate the probability of ulcer healing.
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Conflicts of interest: No conflicts of interest declared concerning the publication of this article.
Author contributions
Conception and design: NRAD
Analysis and interpretation: NRAD, MBD, MSR
Data collection: NRAD
Writing the article: NRAD, MBD
Critical revision of the article: CEP, EEJ
Final approval of the article*: NRAD, MBD, MSR, CEP, EEJ
Statistical analysis: NRAD
Overall responsibility: NRAD
*All authors have read and approved of the final version of the article submitted to J Vasc Bras.
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NRAD and MBD - MD, PhD, and assistant physician at Divisão de Cirurgia Vascular e Endovascular, Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP). 
MSR - MD, PhD, and associate professor at Divisão de Cirurgia Vascular e Endovascular, Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
CEP - MD, PhD, and full professor at Divisão de Cirurgia Vascular e Endovascular, Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
EEJ - MD, PhD, and associate professor and head of Divisão de Cirurgia Vascular e Endovascular, Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
ISSN:1677-5449
1677-7301
1677-7301
DOI:10.1590/1677-5449.002116