Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2010 • VOLUME 16 • №4

PHARMACOTHERAPY OF CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASES IN THE LIGHT OF THE RUSSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES

Bogachev V.Yu.
Chair of Faculty Surgery with the Course of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department for Advanced Medical Training, Russian State Medical University,
Moscow, Russia

The article reviews present-day data on pathogenesis of chronic venous diseases, as well as formulates the strategic missions of treatment, with an emphasis placed on the criteria ol evidence-based medicine, followed by critically analysing the standards of pharmacotherapy of chronic venous diseases, reflected in theEuropean, American and Russian clinical guidelines. A conclusion is drawn on the necessity and advisability, from the point of view ol evidence-based medicine, of using phlebotropic drugs in patients suffering from various forms of chronic venous diseases.

KEY WORDS: chronic venous diseases, pathogenesis, standards of pharmacotherapy, phlebotropic drugs.

P. 88-92

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