title: Treatment of Isolated Below the Knee Deep Vein Thrombosis.
abstract: The natural history of isolated distal deep-vein thrombosis (IDDVT) is still uncertain, as well as the real clinical risks associated with the disease and the need for its diagnosis and treatment. While more and more IDDVTs are diagnosed in everyday clinical practice, their appropriate therapeutic management is, unfortunately, far from straightforward, and different recommendations on how patients with diagnosed IDDVT should be treated are present between expert professionals and even among international guidelines. The present article aims at briefly reviewing the issue of IDDVT therapy in general, particularly focusing on the different approaches to the treatment of the disease that have been suggested by recent guidelines, those that are currently adopted in clinical practice, and necessary future directions.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Gualtiero.palareti@unibo.it.|Arianna Anticoagulation Foundation, Via Paolo Fabbri 1/3, 40138, Bologna, Italy. Gualtiero.palareti@unibo.it.
authors.forename: Gualtiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palareti
authors.affiliation: Unit of Angiology and Blood Coagulation, University Hospital of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sartori
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000098:blood supply*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants
keywords: Anticoagulants; Calf vein thrombosis; DVT; Diagnosis; Distal vein thrombosis; Therapy; Venous thrombosis