Ascending cinevenography in chronic venous insufficiency: a comparison with ambulatory venous pressure measurements.

Thirty-seven patients (49 limbs) with chronic venous insufficiency who were being considered for venous surgery were studied using a modified technique of ascending venography (Ascending cinevenography) and ambulatory venous pressure (AVP) measurements. AVP and ascending cinevenography results, in each patient, were assessed by a different investigator, each of whom was blind to the other result. The results of AVP measurements and ascending cinevenography were then compared. There is good correlation between AVP measurements and results of ascending cinevenography. Ascending cinevenography can be used instead of combined ascending and descending venography.