Can Venous Insufficiency Affect the Heart

So, to sum up, venous insufficiency doesn’t affect the heart or cause heart problems to progress. On the other hand, existing heart problems, especially congestive heart failure, can make vein problems in the legs much worse depending on the degree of the heart issue.

What is the most serious complication of venous insufficiency?

Untreated venous insufficiency results not only in a gradual loss of cosmesis but also in variety of complications, the major ones being persistent pain and discomfort, hemorrhage, superficial thrombophlebitis, and progressive skin changes that may ultimately lead to ulceration.

What are the complications of venous insufficiency?

• Recruitment of veins – High venous pressures may cause the recruitment of adjacent normal veins into refluxing circuits.
• DVT.
• Pulmonary embolism (PE)
• Venous ulceration.
• Secondary lymphedema.