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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zayed MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5334491 | biostudies-other | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zayed Mohamed A MA De Silva Gayan S GS Ramaswamy Raja S RS Sanchez Luis A LA
Seminars in interventional radiology 20170301 1
Cavoatrial deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is diagnosed with increasing prevalence. It can be managed medically with anticoagulation or with directed interventions aimed to efficiently reduce the thrombus burden within the target venous segment. The type of management chosen depends greatly on the etiology and chronicity of the thrombosis, existing patient comorbidities, and the patient's tolerance to anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents. In addition to traditional percutaneous catheter-based pha ...[more]