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SUBMITTER: Vedantham S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963268 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vascular medicine (London, England) 20160530 4
Patients with advanced post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) and chronic iliac vein obstruction suffer major physical limitations and impairment of health-related quality of life. Currently there is a lack of evidence-based treatment options for these patients. Early studies suggest that imaging-guided, catheter-based endovascular therapy can eliminate iliac vein obstruction and saphenous venous valvular reflux, resulting in reduced PTS severity; however, these observations have not been rigorously val ...[more]