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Table 1 Lower extremity venous stenting indications

From: Deep venous stenting in females

Clinical condition

Clinical findings

Imaging

Recommendation

Reference

Acute IF DVT Ilio-Femoral Deep Vein Thrombosis

Swollen tense leg

IF DVT +

Thrombectomy/Stent

CLEAR DVT

Caus. stenosis

 

(Contemporary Endovascular Therapies in Treatment of Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis (CLEAR-DVT), n.d.)

Acute IF DVT

Minimal

IF DVT+/-

Anticoagulation only

ATTRACT

Caus. stenosis

 

(Vedantham et al., 2017)

PTS Post Thrombotic Syndrome

Leg ulcer

Scarred/Occl iliac v.

Stent

(de Graaf et al., 2013; Mussa et al., 2007; Hartung et al., 2009)

PTS

Minimal swelling

Scarred/Occl iliac v.

Stockings Anticoagulation

(Raju et al., 2002)

Pelvic Vein Congestion

Minimal

Stenosis L CIV

Assess degree of stenosis

Pappas (Sulakvelidze et al., 2021)

Rapidly recurrent Leg Varices

Obvious varicose Veins

Stenosis CIV

Assess degree of stenosis; +/- stent

Raju (2002)

HfPEF Heart Failure Preserved Ejection Fraction

Shortness of Breath

IVC occlusion

IVC stent

Morris (Morris et al., 2020)

Cancer

Swollen Legs

Lymph nodes

Stent

(O'Sullivan et al., 2015)

“Lymphoedema”

Swollen Legs

all normal

Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Gasparis (Gasparis et al., 2020)