Title

From the Veins to the Heart: A Rare Cause of Varicose Veins.

Authors

Dalla Vestra, Michele; Grolla, Elisabetta; Bonanni, Luca; Dorrucci, Vittorio; Presotto, Fabio; Rigo, Fausto

Abstract

The presence of pulsating varicous veins is an uncommon finding, generically attributed to right heart failure. The precise causes of this phenomenon have been poorly defined in the literature. The finding of this infrequent condition is important because it may be a sign of major diseases, often not known. Here we described a 75-year-old woman presented to the Angiology Unit for the presence of bilateral pulsatile swelling in her groin and along both lower limbs. A bedside ultrasound examination showed an arterial like pulsating flow both in the superficial and in the deep veins of the lower limbs due to a severe tricuspid regurgitation not previously known.

Subjects

VARICOSE veins; ETIOLOGY of diseases; HEART failure treatment; VASCULAR medicine; INTRAVASCULAR ultrasonography; UNSTEADY flow

Publication

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2015, Vol 2015, p1

ISSN

2090-6986

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1155/2015/849408