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Venous disease includes thromboembolic disease (VTE), varicose veins and venous insufficiency. All of these disorders contribute to impairment of venous blood flow returning to the lungs via the right heart.

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  1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    Marie Gerhard-Herman

  2. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Aaron Aday

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Gerhard-Herman, M., Aday, A. (2020). Venous Disease. In: Manual of Vascular Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44715-1_9

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