Vascular Clinic, Rigshospitalet and Gentofte, University of Copenhagen, Department of Vascular Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Denmark. Baekgaard@dadlnet.dk
OBJECTIVES: The long-term outcome of catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) in patients with acute iliofemoral venous thrombosis (IFVT) is evaluated in this study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients presenting for treatment with IFVT between June 1999 and May 2007 were considered for treatment using CDT. The following inclusion criteria were used: first episode of IFVT, age below 60 years, age of thrombus