Engineers at Georgia Tech developed the prosthetic vein valve shown here to help improve the lives of those suffering from a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency. Disclaimer ...

The blood in the veins of the legs works against gravity in order to return upwards to the heart. The blood is moved up towards the heart by one-way valves in the veins. When the leg muscles contract ...

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This causes inflammation, stretching and weakening of the venous walls, stagnation of blood, and impairment of the venous valves. Situations increasing the chances of developing varicose veins are ...

Vein ligation and stripping is a minor surgery. It is used to remove a damaged vein and prevent complications of vein damage. If several valves in a vein and the vein itself are heavily damaged, the ...

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in the deep veins of the leg. When valves inside of the veins of the leg fail, blood flows in the wrong direction and pools in the lower leg, causing pressure within the veins of the leg to increase ...

In a normal leg with no varicose veins, valves which regulate blood flow from the leg upwards to the heart function normally and do not allow reverse flow of the blood into the leg. In case of ...