Subject: pregnancy
Subject: thrombosis
Subject: venous thrombembolic disease
Year: 2022
Type: Article
Title: Position Paper on the Management of Pregnancy-Associated Superficial Venous Thrombosis. Balkan Working Group for Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Author: Antic, Darko
Author: Lefkou, Eleftheria
Author: Otasevic, Vladimir
Author: Banfic, Ljiljana
Author: Dimakakos, Evangelos
Author: Olinic, Dan
Author: Milić, Dragan
Author: Miljić, Predrag
Author: Xhepa, Sokol
Author: Stojkovski, Igor
Author: Kozak, Matija
Author: Dimulescu, Doina Ruxandra
Author: Preradović, Tamara Kovačević
Author: Nancheva, Jasminka
Author: Pazvanska, Evelina Evtimova
Author: Tratar, Gregor
Author: Gerotziafas, Grigoris T
Abstract: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a multifactorial disease that can possibly affect any part of venous circulation. The risk of VTE increases by about 2 fold in pregnant women and VTE is one of the major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. For decades superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) has been considered as benign, self-limiting condition, primarily local event consequently being out of scope of well conducted epidemiological and clinical studies. Recently, the approach on SVT has significantly changed considering that prevalence of lower limb SVT is twice higher than both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). The clinical severity of SVT largely depends on the localization of thrombosis, when it concerns the major superficial vein vessels of the lower limb and particularly the great saphenous vein. If untreated or inadequately treated, SVT can potentially cause DVT or PE. The purpose of this review is to discuss the complex interconnection between SVT and risk factors in pregnancy and to provide evidence-based considerations, suggestions, and recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of this precarious and delicate clinical entity.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Relation: Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/16763
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/16763Identifier: 10.1177/1076029620939181
Identifier: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1076029620939181Identifier: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1076029620939181Identifier: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1076029620939181Identifier: 28
