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GuidelineJournal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders2026

The American Venous Forum clinical practice guideline on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis.

Rafael D Malgor, Yana Etkin, Nicolas J Mouawad, Linda Le, Leo Sullivan, Eleftherios Xenos, Limael Rodriguez, Chandu Vemuri, Eri Fukaya, Brajesh K Lal and 5 more

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Guideline in Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Balancing early thrombus removal with durable decompression in Paget-Schroetter syndrome.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Rafael D MalgorDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO. Electronic address: rafael.malgor@cuanschutz.edu.
Yana EtkinDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY.
Nicolas J MouawadDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, McLaren Health, Bay City, MI.
Linda LeDivision of Vascular Surgery, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX.
Leo SullivanMohawk Valley Health System, Utica, NY.
Eleftherios XenosDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Limael RodriguezTexas Vascular and Imaging, Houston, TX.
Chandu VemuriSection of Vascular Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.
Eri FukayaDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Brajesh K LalDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Pedro J Furtado NevesDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO.
Faisal AzizDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Penn State, State College, PA.
Mikel SadekDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY.
Nathan TomitaPacific Vascular Institute, Aiea, HI.
Alessandra PuggioniEast Vein and Lymphatic Center, New York, NY.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The American Venous Forum has formulated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to provide recommendations on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. All recommendations follow a systematic review of workup and therapy options for patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. Potential limitations of these guidelines are due to the lack of evidence on some specific subareas, such as risk stratification and long-term outcomes.

Indexed as

AnticoagulantsEndovascular ProceduresThrombectomyUpper ExtremityUpper Extremity Deep Vein ThrombosisVenous ThrombosisEvidence-Based MedicineHumansRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeAnticoagulantsDeep vein thrombosisEndovenousGuidelinesUpper extremityVenous thrombectomy

Identifiers

PMID41780672
PMCPMC13141763

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