MR Venography for the Assessment of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Lower Extremities with Varicose Veins

Objective: To assess the performance of magnetic resonance venography (MRV) for pelvis and deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities before surgical interventions for varicose veins.Materials and Methods: We enrolled 72 patients who underwent MRV and ultrasonography before stripping for varicose...

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Published in:Annals of Vascular Diseases 2014, Vol.7(4), pp.399-403
Main Authors: Tamura, Kiyoshi, Nakahara, Hideki
Format: Article
Language:English
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magnetic resonance venography
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stripping
varicose vein
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Summary:Objective: To assess the performance of magnetic resonance venography (MRV) for pelvis and deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities before surgical interventions for varicose veins.Materials and Methods: We enrolled 72 patients who underwent MRV and ultrasonography before stripping for varicose veins of lower extremities. All images of the deep venous systems were evaluated by time-of-flight MRV.Results: Forty-six patients (63.9%) of all were female. Mean age was 65.2 ± 10.2 years (37–81 years). There were forty patients (55.6%) with varicose veins in both legs. Two deep vein thrombosis (2.8%) and three iliac vein thrombosis (4.2%) were diagnosed. All patients without deep vein thrombosis underwent the stripping of saphenous veins, and post-thrombotic change was avoided in all cases.Conclusion: MRV, without contrast medium, is considered clinically useful for the lower extremity venous system.
ISSN:1881-641X
1881-6428
DOI:10.3400/avd.oa.14-00068