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Pelvic Venous Duplex

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This chapter reviews the indications, limitations, and interpretations of a pelvic venous duplex, specifically in the evaluation of venous structures in the pelvis that may cause pelvic congestion. It discusses how to prepare the patient and perform the ultrasound. It also evaluates the clinical utility of the duplex in the evaluation of renal vein compression syndrome (formerly nutcracker syndrome).

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  1. Fireman Vascular Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, USA

    Drena Root

  2. Fireman Vascular Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Scott Manchester

  3. Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Young Kim, Sujin Lee & Anahita Dua

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Correspondence to Anahita Dua .

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  1. Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Anahita Dua

  2. Fireman Vascular Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, USA

    Drena Root

  3. Fireman Vascular Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Scott Manchester

  4. Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Young Kim

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Root, D., Manchester, S., Kim, Y., Lee, S., Dua, A. (2022). Pelvic Venous Duplex. In: Dua, A., Root, D., Manchester, S., Kim, Y. (eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Approach to Vascular Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93127-8_19

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