1. Relationships between the use of pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis, sonographic findings, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute proximal DVT: Results from the ATTRACT Multicenter Randomized Trial.
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Weinberg I, Vedantham S, Salter A, Hadley G, Al-Hammadi N, Kearon C, Julian JA, Razavi MK, Gornik HL, Goldhaber SZ, Comerota AJ, Kindzelski AL, Schainfeld RM, Angle JF, Misra S, Schor JA, Hurst D, and Jaff MR
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- Administration, Intravenous, Adult, Female, Fibrinolytic Agents adverse effects, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, North America, Postthrombotic Syndrome diagnostic imaging, Postthrombotic Syndrome etiology, Postthrombotic Syndrome physiopathology, Predictive Value of Tests, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Venous Thrombosis diagnostic imaging, Venous Thrombosis physiopathology, Catheterization, Peripheral adverse effects, Fibrinolytic Agents administration & dosage, Thrombolytic Therapy adverse effects, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex, Venous Thrombosis therapy
- Abstract
Few studies have documented relationships between endovascular therapy, duplex ultrasonography (DUS), post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS), and quality of life (QOL). The Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis (ATTRACT) trial randomized 692 patients with acute proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) to receive anticoagulation or anticoagulation plus pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PCDT). Compression DUS was obtained at baseline, 1 month and 12 months. Reflux DUS was obtained at 12 months in a subset of 126 patients. Clinical outcomes were collected over 24 months. At 1 month, patients who received PCDT had less residual thrombus compared to Control patients, evidenced by non-compressible common femoral vein (CFV) (21% vs 35%, p < 0.0001), femoral vein (51% vs 70%, p < 0.0001), and popliteal vein (61% vs 74%, p < 0.0001). At 12 months, in the ultrasound substudy, valvular reflux prevalence was similar between groups (85% vs 91%, p = 0.35). CFV non-compressibility at 1 month was associated with higher rates of any PTS (61% vs 46%, p < 0.001), a higher incidence of moderate-or-severe PTS (30% vs 19%, p = 0.003), and worse QOL (difference 8.2 VEINES-QOL (VEnous INsufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study on Quality of Life) points; p = 0.004) at 24 months. Valvular reflux at 12 months was associated with moderate-or-severe PTS at 24 months (30% vs 0%, p = 0.01). In summary, PCDT results in less residual thrombus but does not reduce venous valvular reflux. CFV non-compressibility at 1 month is associated with more PTS, more severe PTS, and worse QOL at 24 months. Valvular reflux may predispose to moderate-or-severe PTS. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00790335 .
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- 2019
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