Tag: iliac vein stenting
Iliac vein stenting should remain a viable treatment option for higher...
Despite greater comorbid conditions, patients with obesity benefited as much as patients with normal body mass index (BMI) from iliac vein stent placement for...
Office-based laboratory setting proves safe for iliac vein stenting
A retrospective study of 1,223 iliac vein cases performed in three office-based laboratories (OBLs) shows a major complication rate of 0.41%, suggesting these procedures...
Iliac vein stenting for chronic venous obstruction “significantly” improves venous disease-specific...
Venous disease-specific quality of life (QoL), as measured by the VEINES (Venous insufficiency epidemiological and economic study)-QoL/Sym, improves significantly after iliac vein stenting for...
Women are at a higher risk of iliac vein stent failure
A recent study on iliac vein stenting showed lower long-term patency rates for women when compared to their male counterparts. The data were presented...
IVUS shows superiority over venography in identifying key parameters for iliac...
Based on the results of a retrospective, single-centre cohort study conducted at The RANE Center, St Dominic’s Memorial Hospital (Jackson, Mississippi, USA), the importance...
High lysis completeness “guarantees high success rates” of iliac vein stent...
A recent study on iliac vein stenting following catheter-directed thrombolysis for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has shown that technical and clinical success require high...
New research indicates that stenting below the inguinal ligament does not...
Endovascular treatment of iliocaval and infrainguinal post-thrombotic venous obstruction results do not appear to be adversely affected by extension of the iliac vein stents...
Iliac vein stenting reinterventions produce positive results
A study presented at the American Venous Forum (AVF; 14–17 February, New Orleans, USA) suggests that secondary interventions for primary iliac vein stenting are...