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标题：Isolated calf deep venous thrombosis: frequency on venous ultrasound and clinical characteristics
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作者：Thomas Heller ; Mattes Becher ; Jens-Christian Kröger 等
期刊名称：BMC Emergency Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1471-227X
电子版ISSN：1471-227X
出版年度：2021
卷号：21
DOI：10.1186/s12873-021-00516-1
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Background It remains controversial whether to include calf veins in the initial ultrasound evaluation of suspected deep venous thrombosis (DVT). We sought to investigate the frequency and clinical characteristics of isolated calf DVT. Materials and methods In this retrospective analysis, we investigated a cohort of 596 patients (median age 69 years, 52.3% women) who had been imaged with complete lower extremity venous duplex ultrasound for suspected acute DVT. Radiology reports were analyzed for the presence and localization of DVT. Clinical information was collected from patients’ electronic charts. Results DVT was found in 157 patients (26.3%), of which 74 patients (47.1%) had isolated calf DVT. Isolated calf DVTs were located in the posterior tibial veins (22 patients, 29.7%), peroneal veins (41 patients, 55.4%) and muscle veins (19 patients, 25.7%). There were no differences in age or sex between patients with isolated calf DVT and patients with proximal DVT. Isolated calf DVT was more commonly associated with leg pain (52.7% vs. 33.7%, p = 0.0234) and less commonly associated with subjective leg swelling (35.1% vs. 55.4%, p = 0.0158) and objectively measured difference in leg circumference (23% vs. 39.8%, p = 0.0268). D-Dimers were significantly lower in patients with isolated lower leg DVT (median 2.3 vs. 6.8 mg/L, p < 0.0001) compared to patients with proximal DVT. Conclusions Isolated calf DVT represents approximately half of DVT cases and has different clinical characteristics than proximal DVT.
关键词：Deep venous thrombosis; Duplex ultrasound; Compression ultrasound