Vascular and Endovascular Review

June 2020

Catheter Interventions for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis: Who, When and How

Catherine Go, Rabih A Chaer, Efthymios D Avgerinos Abstract Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is common and can be a source of morbidity by way of pulmonary embolism and post-thrombotic syndrome. Recent trials have demonstrated both early and late symptomatic benefit in venous thrombolysis and early recanalisation of the iliocaval system of selected patients. Based on […]

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Stiff to Dilate and Risky to Cut Through: Iliac Radiation Arteritis

Huthayfa Ghanem, Sadia Jaskani, Mohamed Alloush, Ibrahim Hanbal, Marzouk Albader, Hussein Safar, Jassim Al-Ali, Sami Asfar Abstract Radiation arteritis is not an uncommon clinical situation, given that almost 50% of patients with cancer receive radiotherapy in the course of treatment. Radiation effects are non-specific, and late radiation tissue injury presentation can be very variable. However,

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