Deep vein thrombosis therapy options available in 2014

Abstract

The annual incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) together with possible complications - pulmonary embolization - is more than 100 per 100,000 person-years.

Keywords

• conservative management of deep vein thrombosis
• new oral anticoagulants
• rivaroxaban
• dabigatran atexilate
• apixaban
• local thrombolysis
• pharmaco-mechanical lysis
• inferior vena cava filter