![]() ![]() Catheter-directed techniques reduce acute DVT symptoms and might reduce the risk of moderate-severe PTS in the long term in patients with ilio-femoral DVT at low risk of bleeding. Statins may decrease the risk of PTS, but current evidence is lacking. ![]() Treatment of PTS is based on the use of ECS and lifestyle measures such as leg elevation, weight loss and exercise. Venoactive medications may be helpful and research is ongoing. ![]() Interventional techniques to treat PTS should be reserved for highly selected patients with chronic iliac obstruction or greater saphenous vein reflux, but have not yet been assessed by robust clinical trials.Ĭatheter-directed thrombolysis deep vein thrombosis elastic compression stockings low-molecular-weight heparins post-thrombotic syndrome. Epidemiology of the post-thrombotic syndrome. ![]()
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