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Radiology

Chronic Venous Disease and Deep Vein Thrombosis

Built from Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology

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4 sections · 87 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Lower extremity venous disease
    • Overview of the topic
    • Superficial and deep venous compartments
    • Deep and superficial venous compartments
    • Great and small saphenous veins
    • Superficial veins of the lower extremity
    • Egyptian eye appearance
    • Egyptian eye appearance of the small saphenous vein
    • Deep veins of the lower extremity
    • Deep vein drainage to the heart
    • Deep veins of the lower extremity
    • Venous valves
    • Deep and superficial veins of the upper extremity

    13 slides

  2. 02

    Superficial Venous Disease

    Valve reflux, varicose veins, and venous ablation

    • Valve failure and reflux
    • How valve failure causes varicose veins
    • History in superficial venous disease
    • Examination findings
    • Changes of chronic venous insufficiency
    • CEAP and VCSS scoring
    • Clinical portion of CEAP classification
    • Ultrasound in superficial reflux
    • Ultrasound of saphenofemoral reflux and laser filament
    • Conservative treatment first
    • Goal of treatment
    • Thermal ablation
    • Endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein
    • Ablation procedure
    • Why tumescent anesthesia is used
    • Newer methods and after-effects

    16 slides

  3. 03

    Deep Venous Thrombosis

    Virchow triad, postthrombotic syndrome, and catheter-directed treatment

    • DVT burden and Virchow triad
    • Virchow triad
    • Unprovoked DVT
    • Common causes of DVT
    • Why DVT matters
    • Postthrombotic syndrome
    • Which DVT predicts PTS
    • How obstruction worsens PTS
    • 3rd
    • DVT risk history
    • DVT symptoms and phlegmasia
    • Catheter-directed treatment of phlegmasia
    • Phlegmasia alba to cerulea dolens
    • Bleeding risk before thrombolysis
    • Contraindications to catheter-directed thrombolysis
    • Three groups for DVT intervention
    • Imaging DVT
    • Anticoagulation first
    • Choosing an anticoagulant
    • How long to anticoagulate
    • Preventing PTS
    • The ATTRACT trial
    • Ways to give thrombolytics
    • CDT and stent placement for bilateral DVT
    • Catheter-directed thrombolysis
    • Catheter-directed thrombolysis workflow
    • CDT access
    • CDT infusion
    • Monitoring during CDT
    • After clot removal
    • CDT limitations
    • Mechanical and pharmacomechanical thrombectomy
    • Caval thrombus treated with large-bore aspiration
    • After any thrombectomy

    34 slides

  4. 04

    Chronic Venous Disease

    Nonthrombotic obstruction, May-Thurner syndrome, and recanalization

    • Causes of chronic venous disease
    • Extrinsic compression
    • History in chronic venous disease
    • Localizing the obstruction
    • Villalta scale for PTS
    • Imaging chronic venous disease
    • Venography in chronic occlusion
    • Medical management
    • Preparing for recanalization
    • May-Thurner syndrome
    • May-Thurner syndrome
    • Treating May-Thurner
    • Chronic venous occlusion
    • Recanalization with thrombosis
    • IVC filters during recanalization
    • Complications and aftercare
    • Key takeaways
    • Suggested readings
    • Suggested readings
    • Suggested readings
    • Suggested readings
    • Suggested readings
    • Suggested readings
    • Brant and Helms' Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology

    24 slides