Acute Iliofemoral DVT
Acute Iliofemoral DVT
Acute Iliofemoral DVT
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Poor Management of Warfarin<br />
and Postthrombotic Syndrome<br />
• 244 patients with a first episode of <strong>DVT</strong> (location<br />
not defined) treated with VKA for at least 3<br />
months and with up to 4.9 yrs of follow-up.<br />
• 81 patients (33%) developed postthrombotic<br />
syndrome using Villalta scoring system.<br />
• Those patients who had an INR < 2.0 for more<br />
than 50% of the time had an increased risk to<br />
develop PTS compared to patients with<br />
therapeutic INR‟s (OR, 2.71; 95% CI, 1.44-5.10).<br />
Van Dongen CJJ, et al. J Thromb Haemost, 2005; 3: 939-942.
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