title: Catheter directed interventions for acute deep vein thrombosis.
abstract: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an extremely common form of vascular disease and impacts a great number of patients worldwide. Acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a subset of VTE and is traditionally been treated with anticoagulation. There is good quality data which suggests the use of catheter directed interventions for the treatment of acute DVT with the aim of reducing post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). The present review will discuss the various therapies available for acute DVT, focusing on catheter directed interventions, ranging from traditional anticoagulation to the most novel forms of aspiration thrombectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kohi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kohlbrenner
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Kanti P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kolli
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lehrman
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fidelman
keywords: Venous thromboembolism (VTE); aspiration thrombectomy; catheter-directed pharmacologic thrombolysis (CDPT); deep vein thrombosis (DVT); iliofemoral stent; mechanical and pharmacomechanical thrombectomy