Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis, and prevention of deep vein thrombosis recurrence and the post-thrombotic syndrome in the primary care medicine setting anno 2014

Figure 2 Recanalization of proximal deep vein thrombosis is usually delayed and may be completed after 3, 6 to 9 mo post-deep vein thrombosis with a high incidence of reflux, deep vein thrombosis recurrence and PTS. A: The relationship between the time of complete recanalization after deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (lysis time of leg vein thrombosis) appears to be 3 mo for those DVT patients who did not develop reflux, but appeared to be about 9 to 12 mo for those DVT patients who developed reflux as a main determinant for the development of PTS [Common femoral vein (CFV), superficial femoral vein (SFV), middle superficial femoral vein (SFM), distal superficial vein (SFD), popliteal vein (PPT), posterior tibial vein (PTV), greater saphena vein (GSV)][15]; B: Localization of reflux in patients with delayed recanalization (Figure 2A) of deep vein thrombosis[15].