The introduction of venography into patient care was a major advance because it was the
first accurate method for the diagnosis of DVT. Compression ultrasound has since become …

Clinically overt events are of obvious relevance for the outcome of patients. There is
unanimous consensus of clinicians that these events should be prevented in clinical …

In the current paper, we provide recommendations for the assessment of deep vein throm
boses for the purpose of therapeutic trials evaluating antithrombotic drugs in the prevention …

Asymptomatic deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) detected by mandatory venography, a surrogate
outcome, comprises most of the efficacy outcome events in recent thromboprophylaxis trials …

Autopsies and clinical studies have shown that venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a
common cause of morbidity and mortality in medical patients. Prophylaxis of VTE has been …

Background Patients after stroke and major orthopedic surgery have increased factors for
developing deep vein thrombosis. We sought to determine the implications of screening …

Although venous ultrasound has been introduced into clini-cal practice more than 20 years
ago there is ongoing debate about accuracy, reproducibility and the best scanning protocol …

The clinical diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is barely sensitive and specific. Thus,
the clinical suspicion of DVT needs to be confirmed by objective testing. Venography has …

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication of hospitalized patients,
imposing a major clinical and economic burden. Three of four cases of fatal pulmonary …

Background: The optimal duration of oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with deep venous
thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities remains uncertain. Objective: To assess whether …