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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and transient thyrotoxicosis during combination therapy with interferon-alpha and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C
Position Paper on the Management of Pregnancy-Associated Superficial Venous Thrombosis. Balkan Working Group for Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a multifactorial disease that can
possibly affect any part of venous circulation. The risk of VTE
increases by about 2 fold in pregnant women and VTE is one of the major
causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. For decades superficial vein
thrombosis (SVT) has been considered as benign, self-limiting condition,
primarily local event consequently being out of scope of well conducted
epidemiological and clinical studies. Recently, the approach on SVT has
significantly changed considering that prevalence of lower limb SVT is
twice higher than both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism
(PE). The clinical severity of SVT largely depends on the localization
of thrombosis, when it concerns the major superficial vein vessels of
the lower limb and particularly the great saphenous vein. If untreated
or inadequately treated, SVT can potentially cause DVT or PE. The
purpose of this review is to discuss the complex interconnection between
SVT and risk factors in pregnancy and to provide evidence-based
considerations, suggestions, and recommendations for the diagnosis and
treatment of this precarious and delicate clinical entity