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ReviewCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2016

Imaging of venous compression syndromes.

Evan J Zucker, Suvranu Ganguli, Brian B Ghoshhajra, Rajiv Gupta, Anand M Prabhakar

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Review in Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Identification of outcomes in clinical studies for pelvic venous disorders.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2024
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  2. SCMR Position Paper (2020) on clinical indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2020
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  18. Deep venous stenting in females.CVIR endovascular · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Evan J ZuckerDivision of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA;; Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Suvranu GanguliDivision of Interventional Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Brian B GhoshhajraDivision of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Rajiv GuptaDivision of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA;; Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Anand M PrabhakarDivision of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Venous compression syndromes are a unique group of disorders characterized by anatomical extrinsic venous compression, typically in young and otherwise healthy individuals. While uncommon, they may cause serious complications including pain, swelling, deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism, and post-thrombotic syndrome. The major disease entities are May-Thurner syndrome (MTS), variant iliac vein compression syndrome (IVCS), venous thoracic outlet syndrome (VTOS)/Paget-Schroetter syndrome, nutcracker syndrome (NCS), and popliteal venous compression (PVC). In this article, we review the key clinical features, multimodality imaging findings, and treatment options of these disorders. Emphasis is placed on the growing role of noninvasive imaging options such as magnetic resonance venography (MRV) in facilitating early and accurate diagnosis and tailored intervention.

Indexed as

magnetic resonance venography (MRV)May-Thurner syndrome (MTS)nutcracker syndrome (NCS)thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)Venous compression

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PMID28123973
PMCPMC5220205

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