To the Editor: The recent article by Akram and Sadashiv1 presents a timely and most welcome opportunity to enhance awareness, in the medical community at large, of the investigation and treatment options for proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremity.
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- 1. Akram F, Sadashiv RG. May–Thurner syndrome: an overlooked cause of venous thromboembolism. Med J Aust 2020; 212: 402–403. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/9/may-thurner-syndrome-overlooked-cause-venous-thromboembolism.
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- 4. Comerota AJ, Kearon C, Gu CS, et al. Endovascular thrombus removal for acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis. Circulation 2019; 139: 1162–1173.
- 5. Haig Y, Enden T, Grøtta O, et al. Post‐thrombotic syndrome after catheter‐directed thrombolysis for deep vein thrombosis (CaVenT): 5‐year follow‐up results of an open‐label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Haematol 2016; 3: e64–e71.
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