The popliteal vein is located at the posterior, or back, of the knee. It is responsible for the majority of the lower legs’ venous return. It is sometimes called the femoropopliteal vein.

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Hepatic veins are blood vessels that return low-oxygen ... The inferior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from your liver and the lower half of your body to the right side of your heart.

It’s the largest vein in the human body. The inferior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart. Deoxygenated blood means most of the oxygen has been removed by ...

It involves grafting a healthy blood vessel from another part of the body (usually the saphenous vein in the lower leg) to the coronary artery. The conventional vein harvesting technique ...

Generally deep vein thrombosis is as it’s name suggests in the deep veins of the lower legs. This condition can be a complication of surgery and is something that we as physical therapist often ...

Chronic deep venous incompetence in the lower limbs may be caused by primary incompetence of the venous valves or by damage to the valves as a result of deep vein thrombosis. Reflux or obstruction in ...

Evidence-based recommendations on lower limb deep vein valve reconstruction for chronic deep venous incompetence. This involves restructuring valves in the deep veins of the legs by various surgical ...