ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2016
Endovascular stent placement for chronic post-thrombotic symptomatic ilio-femoral venous obstructive lesions: a single-center study of safety, efficacy and quality-of-life improvement.
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- Patient-Reported Outcomes in Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Current Challenges, and Ways Forward.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 12-Month Patency After Intervention for Iliofemoral Obstruction Using Dedicated or Non-Dedicated Venous Stents.Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists · 2022Pooled it
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- 2025 SCAI Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Venous Disease: This statement was endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM).Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2025Article
- SCAI Technical Review on Management of Chronic Venous Disease.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2025Article
- Ilio-femoral venous stenting for post-thrombotic syndrome in women of childbearing age: efficacy and impact of pregnancy-a multi-center study by the French Society of Cardiovascular Imaging.European radiology · 2024Article
- The efficacy of stenting in the iliofemoral vein of patients with venous obstruction and secondary lymphedema from malignancy.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2023Article
- Pharmaco-mechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis versus recanalization and stenting for post thrombotic syndrome after lower limb deep vein thrombosis: a comparative study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Health-related quality-of-life questionnaires for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: A systematic review on questionnaire development and methodology.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2021Review
- Relevance of flexibility versus radial force in rigid versus more flexible venous stents?Phlebology · 2019Article
- Prevention and treatment of the post-thrombotic syndrome.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2018Article
- Acute Stent Migration into the Right Ventricle in a Patient with Iliac Vein Stenting.The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon reports · 2018Article
- Clinical Outcomes at 3 Years After Stenting for Thrombotic and Non-thrombotic Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome Patients.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/HemostasisArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPost-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) is a frequent complication of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) despite adequate treatment. Venous angioplasty and stent placement has been progressively used to restore and maintain venous patency in PTS patients. This study reports our single-center experience with the use of endovascular treatment for chronic post-thrombotic symptomatic ilio-femoral venous obstructive lesions.
methodsA prospective mono-centric observational cohort study of PTS patients with chronic symptomatic ilio-femoral venous obstructive lesions referred for endovascular treatment was conducted from March 2012 to April 2016. Procedure consisted in recanalization, pre-dilation and self-expandable stenting of stenotic or occluded iliac and/or femoral veins. Severity of PTS, quality-of-life and treatment outcomes were assessed using Villalta scale and Chronic Venous Insufficiency Questionnaire (CIVIQ-20) at baseline and 3 months after the procedure. Imaging follow-up was based on duplex ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT).
resultsTwenty-one patients (11 females, 10 males; median age, 41 years; range, 32-60) were included. Recanalization and stenting was successfully accomplished in all prime procedures, 4 patients benefitted from an additional procedure. Immediate technical success rate was 96% considering 25 procedures, performed without any complications. Median follow-up was 18 months (range, 6-30 months) with a 90.5% stent patency rate. Villalta score significantly decreased from baseline compared with 3 months after the procedure [14 (range, 11-22) and 5 (range, 1-10), respectively, P<0.0001], showing a significant decrease in the severity of PTS. CIVIQ-20 score significantly decreased from baseline compared with 3 months after stenting [48.5 (range, 39-73) and 26.5 (range, 21-45), respectively, P<0.0001] thus showing a significant improvement of quality-of-life. Post-procedural CIVIQ-20 score was significantly associated with Villalta score (95% CI, 1.53-2.95; P<0.0001).
conclusionsOur results confirm the high clinical success rate and safety of endovascular PTS treatment and highlight the significant impact of stenting on the quality of life of patients with chronic symptomatic ilio-femoral venous obstructive lesions.
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