Patency after iliofemoral and iliocaval venous thrombectomy.

Between 1981 and 1984, 42 iliac venous thrombectomies were performed in 41 patients with recent iliofemoral venous thromboses. Of the 42 thromboses, 18 extended into the inferior vena cava. In 31 cases a temporary arteriovenous fistula was constructed and in 21 cases the inferior vena cava was partially interrupted.

[Contribution of complementary examinations in the diagnosis and treatment of emboligenic cardiopathies. Retrospective study apropos of 46 cases].

The aim of this prospective study was to assess the value of complementary investigations in the diagnosis and follow-up of embolic heart disease. Forty-six patients having presented a systemic embolism cardiac origin underwent a standard work up which included clinical examination, ECG, chest X-ray and 2D echocardiography. Other investigations were carried out in some patients: CT cardiac scan (11 cases), gamma scintigraphy with Indium III labelled platelets (6 cases) and angiocardiography (12 cases).

[Photoplethysmography in chronic venous insufficiency].

Venous photoplethysmography (P.P.G.