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Anticoagulation for Distal Lower‐extremity Deep Venous Thromboses

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Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) has an incidence of 45 to 117 per 100,000 person-years.1 Distal DVT, defined as a venous thrombosis isolated to the calf veins, comprises one-third to one-half… Click to show full abstract

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) has an incidence of 45 to 117 per 100,000 person-years.1 Distal DVT, defined as a venous thrombosis isolated to the calf veins, comprises one-third to one-half of all DVTs.2 However, the treatment of distal DVTs is more controversial with significant variations in practice with regard to decisions on anticoagulation.3.

Keywords: distal lower; lower extremity; extremity deep; deep venous; venous thromboses; anticoagulation distal

Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine
Year Published: 2020

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