TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pelvic Venous Disorders A1 - De Guzman, Abigail A1 - Dudney, Tina M. A1 - Ludwig Jr., Bruce B. A1 - Elder, Robert F. A2 - Dieter, Robert S. A2 - Dieter, Raymond A. A2 - Dieter, Raymond A. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Venous and Lymphatic Diseases AB - The vasculature of the human body is variegated and complex. In 1616, William Harvey improved upon the works of Ibn al-Nafis and Michael Servetu with his description of a continuous circulatory system. In An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, Harvey eloquently and historically linked the veins and arteries in circuit with the heart. Beginning with these early writings, the pelvic veins and their disorders have been less well understood and often enigmatic in their pathologic presentation, partly because of to the variety and complexity of the descriptions of pelvic venous anatomy. The more recent focus on and understanding of this portion of the vasculature is exemplified by the revision of pelvic venous terminology within this decade after its early characterization in the 1800s. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/06 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126491552 ER -