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Prevalence of the post‐thrombotic syndrome in young women with previous venous thromboembolism
Author(s) -
; Mccoll,
Mark D. Ellison,
James C. Greer,
R. C. Tait,
Trent Walker
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01877.x
Subject(s) - post thrombotic syndrome , venous thromboembolism , medicine , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , cardiology
The prevalence of mild, moderate and severe post‐thrombotic syndrome (PTS) among 43 young women with a previous single episode of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was 67%, 7% and 0% respectively. Subjects were assessed at a mean 51 months after the event. Moderate PTS was more common in women with recurrent ( n = 9) DVT (44%, P < 0.001). Chronic venous insufficiency, assessed by light reflection rheography (LRR), was significantly ( P < 0.05) more prevalent in women with single previous DVT ( n = 40), recurrent DVT ( n = 9) and isolated pulmonary embolism (PE) ( n = 19) compared with healthy age‐matched controls (odds ratios 10.9, 52.4 and 3.8 respectively). LRR findings correlated with moderate, but not mild, PTS. There was no correlation between development of PTS and body mass index.