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Clinical Course of Deep Venous Thrombosis

Anthonie W.A. Lensing, MD, PhD; Martin H. Prins, MD, PhD; Paolo Prandoni, MD, PhD

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  • Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Drs. Cattaneo and Mannucci hypothesize that a subclinical post-thrombotic syndrome increases the risk for ipsilateral thrombotic recurrence. Their hypothesis is not supported by our data. First, the risk for recurrent deep venous thrombosis depended on the presence or absence of risk factors, whereas the occurrence of post-thrombotic sequelae was most strongly related to recurrent ipsilateral thrombosis. Second, among the 63 patients with recurrent deep venous thrombosis, 35 cases (56%) involved the ipsilateral leg and 28 (44%) involved the contralateral leg. If a subclinical post-thrombotic syndrome would be a major risk factor for recurrence, one should expect that this difference would be far more pronounced. Therefore, we still believe that prevention of recurrent (ipsilateral) deep venous thrombosis (rather than aggressive fibrinolytic therapy) might be a key to decreasing the incidence of the post-thrombotic syndrome.
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Lensing AW, Prins MH, Prandoni P. Clinical Course of Deep Venous Thrombosis. Ann Intern Med. ;126:743–744. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-9-199705010-00028

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(9):743-744.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-9-199705010-00028

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