Efficacy of elastic compression stockings used early or after resolution of the edema on recanalization after deep venous thrombosis: The COM.PRE Trial

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Arpaia, Guido ^a,c   Cimminiello, Claudio ^a   Mastrogiacomo, Ornella ^a   De Gaudenzi, Egidio ^b  

^a DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Early treatment; Elastic stockings; Recanalization; Residual thrombus

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECANALIZATION; SAFETY; THROMBOGENESIS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; RECURRENCE; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846899461     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328011f2dd     Document Type: Article

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