No consensus exists for use of anticoagulation for calf vein thrombosis

Vascular

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-97

  Anstadt, Michael J ^a   Robertson, T Calloway ^b   Milner, Ross ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; below knee deep vein thrombosis; calf vein thrombosis; CVT; DVT

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALF VEIN THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULATION; BELOW-KNEE DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; CALF VEIN THROMBOSIS; CVT; DVT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CONSENSUS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LEG; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84898877743     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: 1708539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1708538112473967     Document Type: Article

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