TY - JOUR
T1 - Revision of the CEAP classification for chronic venous disorders
T2 - Consensus statement
AU - Eklöf, Bo
AU - Rutherford, Robert B.
AU - Bergan, John J.
AU - Carpentier, Patrick H.
AU - Gloviczki, Peter
AU - Kistner, Robert L.
AU - Meissner, Mark H.
AU - Moneta, Gregory L.
AU - Myers, Kenneth
AU - Padberg, Frank T.
AU - Perrin, Michel
AU - Ruckley, C. Vaughan
AU - Smith, Philip Coleridge
AU - Wakefield, Thomas W.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - The CEAP classification for chronic venous disorders (CVD) was developed in 1994 by an international ad hoc committee of the American Venous Forum, endorsed by the Society for Vascular Surgery, and incorporated into "Reporting Standards in Venous Disease" in 1995. Today most published clinical papers on CVD use all or portions of CEAP. Rather than have it stand as a static classification system, an ad hoc committee of the American Venous Forum, working with an international liaison committee, has recommended a number of practical changes, detailed in this consensus report. These include refinement of several definitions used in describing CVD; refinement of the C classes of CEAP; addition of the descriptor n (no venous abnormality identified); elaboration of the date of classification and level of investigation; and as a simpler alternative to the full (advanced) CEAP classification, introduction of a basic CEAP version. It is important to stress that CEAP is a descriptive classification, whereas venous severity scoring and quality of life scores are instruments for longitudinal research to assess outcomes.
AB - The CEAP classification for chronic venous disorders (CVD) was developed in 1994 by an international ad hoc committee of the American Venous Forum, endorsed by the Society for Vascular Surgery, and incorporated into "Reporting Standards in Venous Disease" in 1995. Today most published clinical papers on CVD use all or portions of CEAP. Rather than have it stand as a static classification system, an ad hoc committee of the American Venous Forum, working with an international liaison committee, has recommended a number of practical changes, detailed in this consensus report. These include refinement of several definitions used in describing CVD; refinement of the C classes of CEAP; addition of the descriptor n (no venous abnormality identified); elaboration of the date of classification and level of investigation; and as a simpler alternative to the full (advanced) CEAP classification, introduction of a basic CEAP version. It is important to stress that CEAP is a descriptive classification, whereas venous severity scoring and quality of life scores are instruments for longitudinal research to assess outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.09.027
DO - 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.09.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 15622385
AN - SCOPUS:19944392548
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 40
SP - 1248
EP - 1252
JO - Journal of vascular surgery
JF - Journal of vascular surgery
IS - 6
ER -