Diagnosis and treatment of calf muscle venous thrombosis
LIU Chang-jian
LIU Zhao
Abstract：Calf muscle veins have been demonstrated to be one of the most frequent areas that develop deep venous thrombosis (DVT), both as an isolated finding and in combination with proximal DVT. Isolated calf muscle venous thrombosis (CMVT) can range from 41%to 63%of DVT that is isolated to the calf region. However,clinical implication of CMVT is still of the most debated issues in the field of venous thromboembolism (VTE). When left untreated,a proportion tend to propagate proximally and may lead to pulmonary embolism (PE). Imaging with duplex venous scanning (DVS) is fairly sensitive and specific in the diagnosis of CMVT. Anticoagulation therapy are recommended for the cases with high risk of VTE. Multiple studies for CMVT have variable results,so there is insufficient data to support the diagnosis and treatment of CMVT.
Keywords：calf muscle veinvenous thrombosisduplex venous scanning
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1276-1279 )