"Popliteal Vein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The vein formed by the union of the anterior and posterior tibial veins; it courses through the popliteal space and becomes the femoral vein.
| Descriptor ID |
D011152
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.908.641
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| Concept/Terms |
Popliteal Vein- Popliteal Vein
- Popliteal Veins
- Vein, Popliteal
- Veins, Popliteal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Popliteal Vein" by people in Profiles.
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Kearon C, Gu CS, Julian JA, Goldhaber SZ, Comerota AJ, Gornik HL, Murphy TP, Lewis L, Kahn SR, Kindzelski AL, Slater D, Geary R, Winokur R, Natarajan K, Dietzek A, Leung DA, Kim S, Vedantham S. Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Acute Femoral-Popliteal Deep Vein Thrombosis: Analysis from a Stratified Randomized Trial. Thromb Haemost. 2019 Apr; 119(4):633-644.
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Moudgill N, Hager E, Gonsalves C, Larson R, Lombardi J, DiMuzio P. May-Thurner syndrome: case report and review of the literature involving modern endovascular therapy. Vascular. 2009 Nov-Dec; 17(6):330-5.
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Young CN, Prasad RY, Fullenkamp AM, Stillbower ME, Farquhar WB, Edwards DG. Ultrasound assessment of popliteal vein compliance during a short deflation protocol. J Appl Physiol. 2008 May; 104(5):1374-80.