Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)

ISET 2024

Management of Acute and Chronic Lower Extremity Venous Obstruction

03/05/2024

Osman Ahmed, MD
UChicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Osman Ahmed, MD UChicago Medicine, Ch...

Watch as Dr. Osman Ahmed discusses his ISET 2024 presentation on acute and chronic lower extremity venous obstruction.

Watch as Dr. Osman Ahmed...

03/05/2024

Vascular Disease Management

New Techniques

Tibial Venous Access is Safe and Effective in Treating DVT

04/30/2017

Jihad A. Mustapha , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Fadi Saab , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Tibial veins are actually much larger than the tibial arteries accessed to treat arterial disease. Therefore, there is no anatomic reason to not utilize tibial veins to advance wires and catheters to reach occlusions in the lower extremity...

Tibial veins are actually much...

04/30/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Expanding Your Practice With a Percutaneous Vacuum-Assisted Thrombectomy System: The AngioVac Cannula and Circuit

05/28/2015

Eric J. Lehr , MD, PhD, FRCSC;

Swedish Medical Center is drawing a growing number of thrombus-related referrals from both in-house and regional physicians. Founding team member and cardiac surgeon Dr. Eric Lehr shares his personal experience over the past 5 years with the...

Swedish Medical Center is...

05/28/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Original Research

Outcome of Stenting in the Lower-Extremity Venous Circulation for the Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis

12/31/2010

Mohsen Sharifi, MD

Venous stents are being increasingly used as an effective tool during percutaneous endovenous intervention in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis. There is a paucity of data on the rate of in-stent restenosis, stent thrombosis and other...

Venous stents are being...

12/31/2010

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Spontaneous Upper Limb DVT

08/04/2010

Ankur Thapar, MD

Spontaneous upper limb deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is associated with exercise and occurs in young healthy individuals. Underlying anatomical abnormalities are often found, causing compression of the subclavian vein.

Spontaneous upper limb deep...

08/04/2010

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Catheter-Directed and Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis for the Treatment of Acute Iliofemoral Deep Venous Thrombosis

06/05/2009

Anthony J. Comerota, MD
Jobst Vascular Center, The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio

Anthony J. Comerota, MD Jobst Vascula...

The majority of physicians treat patients with iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis (DVT) with anticoagulation alone, despite a growing body of evidence that these patients suffer more severe postthrombotic morbidity and higher recurrence rates...

The majority of physicians treat...

06/05/2009

Vascular Disease Management

Commentary

Optimal Management of Acute DVT Demands Referral to a Vascular Specialist

06/05/2009

The situation is a bit counter intuitive, but probably not unique: widely-acknowledged progress in diagnostic methodology, leading to…less than optimal management for some patients! Can this be true?

The situation is a bit counter...

06/05/2009

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Power-Pulse Spray and Angiojet Thrombectomy in Massive Inferior Vena Cava and Bilateral Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis

09/05/2008

Venous thromboembolism encompasses both pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and is a grossly underdiagnosed disease spectrum associated with high mortality and morbidity.

Venous thromboembolism...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management