RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126491552
T1 Pelvic Venous Disorders
T2 Venous and Lymphatic Diseases
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071601580
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126491552
RD 2023/12/05
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.