Journal article
Endovascular Thrombus Removal for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The ATTRACT trial (Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis) previously reported that pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PCDT) did not prevent postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) in patients with acute proximal deep vein thrombosis. In the current analysis, we examine the effect of PCDT in ATTRACT patients with iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis.
METHODS: Within a large …
Authors
Comerota AJ; Kearon C; Gu C-S; Julian JA; Goldhaber SZ; Kahn SR; Jaff MR; Razavi MK; Kindzelski AL; Bashir R
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 139, No. 9, pp. 1162–1173
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 26, 2019
DOI
10.1161/circulationaha.118.037425
ISSN
0009-7322