https://doi.org/10.4081/ByblioLab.2012.6

Comment to: Significant endothelin release in patients treated with foam sclerotherapy, by Frullini A, Barsotti MC, Santoni T, Duranti E, Burchielli S, Di Stefano R. Dermatol Surg 2012;38:741–7.

Vol. 1 (2012)
Submitted: 20 August 2012
Accepted: 20 August 2012
Published: 26 September 2012
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Francesco Ferrara
frferr@tiscali.it
Napoli Monaldi Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery, Italy.
A greater incidence of cough, transient visual and neurological disturbances have been reported with foam rather than with liquid sclerosant. These complications have often been associated with migraine and patent foramen ovale (PFO), a common condition affecting approximately 25% of the whole adult population. Foam bubbles may pass through a PFO to the left heart chambers, with consequent paradoxical systemic embolization. Visual and neurological disturbances have often been reported also with liquid sclerosants which conflicts with the bubble theory...

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Ferrara, F. (2012). Comment to: Significant endothelin release in patients treated with foam sclerotherapy, by Frullini A, Barsotti MC, Santoni T, Duranti E, Burchielli S, Di Stefano R. Dermatol Surg 2012;38:741–7. Veins and Lymphatics, 1(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.4081/ByblioLab.2012.6
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