Post-thrombotic syndrome

Adriana Visonà; Isabelle Quere; Lucia Mazzolai; Maria Amitrano; Marzia Lugli; Juraj Madaric; Paolo Prandoni; European Society of Vascular Medicine (ESVM)

doi:10.1024/0301-1526/a000946

Post-thrombotic syndrome

Vasa. 2021 Sep;50(5):331-340. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000946. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Authors

Adriana Visonà¹, Isabelle Quere², Lucia Mazzolai³, Maria Amitrano⁴, Marzia Lugli⁵, Juraj Madaric⁶, Paolo Prandoni⁷; European Society of Vascular Medicine (ESVM)

Affiliations

¹ Angiology Unit, Azienda ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.
² Médecine Vasculaire, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
³ Division of Angiology, Heart and Vessel Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Internal Medicine Unit, Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy.
⁵ Department of Vascular Surgery, International Center of Deep Venous Surgery, Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy.
⁶ Clinic of Angiology, Comenius University and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia.
⁷ Arianna Foundation, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 33720757
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000946

Abstract

Post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) is a chronic venous insufficiency manifestation following an episode of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). It is an important and frequent long-term adverse event of proximal DVT affecting 20-50% of patients. This position paper integrates data guiding clinicians in deciding PTS diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

Keywords: Thrombosis; Villalta score; anticoagulant; deep vein thrombosis; ultrasound.

MeSH terms

Humans
Postthrombotic Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
Postthrombotic Syndrome* / etiology
Postthrombotic Syndrome* / therapy
Venous Insufficiency*
Venous Thrombosis* / diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis* / drug therapy
Venous Thrombosis* / etiology