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CVI and pregnancy
A review of the literature on chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in pregnant women reveals considerable guidance for their treatment. CVI occurs in up to 80% of pregnant women, while around 7 of...
Varicose veins and DVT
Adults who were diagnosed with varicose veins have a significantly increased risk of incident deep venous thrombosis (DVT), although whether the association between varicose veins and DVT is causal...
OPTALYSE PE
One-year results from the OPTALYSE PE trial confirm that bilateral pulmonary embolism (PE) patients treated in as little as two hours with a total tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) dose as low as...
CIED lead extraction
The first large study to characterise the histopathology of extracted leads from cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) shows that microscopic venous injuries during transvenous lead...
KNOCOUT PE Study
BTG has announced the commencement of the KNOCOUT PE study, which will measure how hospitals and patients are benefitting from a new standard of care in the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE)...
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May-Thurner Syndrome
May-Thurner Syndrome (MTS) - sometimes inaccurately used in the literature to describe iliac vein compression - is more common in women with a ratio of at least 2:1 compared with men, according to a...
Venous leg ulcers
Early endovenous ablation of superficial venous reflux as an adjunct to compression therapy is associated with a shorter time to healing of venous leg ulcers than compression therapy alone, according...
Leg ulcer guidance
The Royal Society of Medicine’s Venous Forum (UK) has issued a guidance document for the ‘Management of patients with Leg Ulcers, to ensure that all patients with leg ulceration are offered the most...
Andexanet
The experimental drug andexanet was associated with control of serious bleeding in patients taking a common class of anticoagulants known as Factor Xa inhibitors, according to interim clinical trial...
