Clinical studyCommon Iliac Vein Stenosis and Risk of Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism: An Inverse Correlation
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Study Design
A retrospective case-control study was conducted at a single tertiary care academic center under institutional review board approval. An International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition (ICD-9) code search was performed to identify all new diagnoses of DVT (451.x and 453.x) from January 2002 to August 2007 among all patients older than 18 years. The search identified 726 patients. Inclusion into our study required computed tomography (CT) imaging to allow vessel measurement, so a Current
Results
Among 75 patients, 49 (65%) cases of symptomatic PE were found (Table 1). Of the 26 (35%) controls without symptomatic PE, 4 subjects exhibited clinical symptoms of tachycardia or hypoxia that were due to cardiac or infectious etiologies and did not have PE on CT angiography. The control and case populations were similar in mean age (58.3 y vs 59.0 y), proportion of women (53.8% vs 55.1%), and proportion of left-sided DVT (65.4% vs 65.3%). Overall, the left CIV was found to have a stenosis of
Discussion
Many biologic factors have been identified as important in the thrombogenesis of DVT, but risk stratification to predict the likelihood of PE has not been well documented among patients with VTE. Although CIV compression has been associated with an increased incidence of DVT, the true risk of developing clinically significant PE from this underlying condition is uncertain. Paradoxically, after the thrombus has formed, this anatomic condition can be beneficial in reducing the risk of a
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