Abstract:While on conventional anticoagulation, up to 50% of patients with one or more episodes of proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can develop post-thrombotic (PTS) manifestations. The potential strategies for PTS prevention are the treatment of acute DVT with catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT), the use of elastic compression stockings (ECS) and that of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) in place of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) for the initial and long-term treatment of DVT. Based on the results of three random… Show more
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