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Acute Iliofemoral DVT

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Determinants of<br />

Postthrombotic Syndrome<br />

• 387 patients with acute symptomatic <strong>DVT</strong><br />

recruited from 2001 to 2004.<br />

• Patients evaluated at 1, 4, 8, 12, and 24 months<br />

after initial event.<br />

• Standardized assessments with Villalta scale<br />

used to determine the post-phlebitic syndrome.<br />

• Compression stocking use varied, and<br />

anticoagulation effectiveness was unavailable.<br />

Kahn SR, et al., Ann Intern Med 2008; 149: 698-707.

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