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such studies from January1996 to February2020 to per­form a meta-analysis of the outcomes of CDT against anti­coagulation alone in 8737 patients with acute DVT over a weighted mean follow-up of 30.5 ± 28 months. While there was no signicant difference in age, gender, base­line comorbidities, and risk factors of DVT, patients who underwent CDT were more likely to present with iliofem­oral (48.9% vs 39.3%, p-value < .001) and less likely with femoropopliteal (50.1% vs. 56.1%, p-value=.021) DVT. At 6 months follow-up, CDT was associated with higher venous patency (71.1% vs 37.7%; OR 5.49, 95% CI [2.63,
11.5], p-value < .001) and lower PTS (27% vs. 40.7%; OR
0.44, 95% CI [0.22, 0.86], p-value=.02).
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Of the few randomized data assessing the efcacy of CDT in acute iliofemoral DVTs, one of the most inuential is the CaVenT trial. It randomized 189 patients between 18 and 75years of age presenting with acute iliofemoral DVT within 21 days of symptoms from January2006 to Decem­ber2009 within eight Norway hospitals to receive either anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin tran­sitioned to coumadin only or CDT in addition to standard anticoagulation. All DVTs were conrmed using ultra­sound, or by venography or CT if ultrasound was inconclu­sive, and followed for patency and development of PTS at 6 and 24 months. At 6 months, there was no difference in the incidence of PTS between the two groups, but iliofem­oral venous patency was signicantly higher in the CDT group (66% vs 47%, p-value=0.012). At later time points there was a considerable reduction in PTS for the CDT group, as PTS was present in 41% of patients in the CDT group vs 56% of patients in the anticoagulation group at 2years and 43% vs 71% at 5years, respectively. The CDT group reported 20 bleeding complications, 3 of which were classied as major (abdominal wall hematoma necessitat­ing blood transfusion, one compartment syndrome needing surgery, access site hematoma) and 5 as clinically relevant. There were no deaths, pulmonary embolisms, or cerebral hemorrhages related to CDT. These ndings represent the rst large, randomized trial demonstrating benet to CDT as an effective adjunct for iliofemoral DVT.
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Another important study that looked at the use of thrombolytic therapy and other aggressive thrombus removal strategies was the ATTRACT trial. ATTRACT was an NIH-funded multicenter trial that randomized 692 patients to systemic anticoagulation alone or pharmaco­mechanical thrombolysis (PCDT) in conjunction with anticoagulation, which included catheter-directed lysis, percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, or both. Of those randomized to PCDT, 58% were treated with a catheter-di­rected-lysis-rst or infusion-rst strategy, while the remain­der utilized thrombectomy or fragmentation devices during initial treatment. As such, the ndings are not necessarily immediately generalizable to CDT treatment options, but instead reect current-day practice that includes the com­plementary use of CDT and thrombectomy devices depen­dent on specic patient characteristics and presentation. This study failed to show a difference in the primary end­point of development of PTS between 6 and 24 months and did show an increase in major bleeding rate among the patients randomized to PCDT (1.7% for PCDT vs 0.3% for anticoagulation alone, p-value = 0.049). However, while there was no difference in the rate of development of
any PTS in the entire study group, there was a signicant reduction in the development of moderate or severe PTS at 24 months in those treated with PCDT compared to those randomized to anticoagulation alone (17.9% vs 23.7%, p-value=0.035), as well as reductions across Villalta and Venous Clinical Severity Scores, which reect patient qual­ity of life. Additionally, largely due to patient recruitment and enrollment reasons, this study included patients with isolated femoropopliteal venous thrombosis, which are generally recognized to benet less from aggressive throm­bus removal strategies. When looking at subset analyses from the ATTRACT trial, it is evident that those with more proximal venous thrombosis of the iliofemoral segments had more substantial benet from PCDT than those with isolated femoropopliteal segments (moderate/severe PTS of
18.4% in PCDT group compared to 28.2% in anticoagu­lation group for iliofemoral segments; 17.1% vs 18.1%, respectively, for femoropopliteal segments).
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The rapid restoration of venous patency offered by aggressive strategies of thrombus removal make CDT and PMT especially applicable to patients with PCD. PCD is a highly morbid condition involving complete venous out­ow obstruction, ultimately translating to arterial malp­erfusion.
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This condition is more common in settings of underlying malignancy and heparin-induced thrombocyto­penia and is highly correlated with perioperative death and high rates of amputation.
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Systemic anticoagulation with heparin has long been shown to be ineffective in treating PCD because of its thera­peutic extent being limited to arresting thrombus progression and not in addressing profound venous outow obstruction seen in PCD or venous gangrene.
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The relative rarity of the clinical presentation has made reports of PCD management with catheter-directed thrombolysis or PMT sparse in the available medical literature. Despite the lack of high-quality evidence, the reported efcacy of these options in limiting and even reversing the effects of PCD, along with the relative inefcacy of systemic anticoagulation in reducing the mor­bidity and mortality associated with limb-threatening PCD, make CDT and PMT attractive options for this condition, and they have therefore been given strong recommendation (grade 1A) in societal guidelines.
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The most updated guidelines established by the Soci­ety of Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American Venous Forum (AVF) offer evidence-based guidelines for the diag­nosis and treatment of acute venous thrombosis.
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In these guidelines, early thrombus removal strategies are recom­mended for patients with a rst episode of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis who have symptoms <14 days in duration, have a low risk of bleeding, and who are ambu­latory with good functional capacity and an acceptable life expectancy (grade 2C). Early thrombus removal strat­egies are also recommended for patients with PCD due to the limb-threatening nature of this condition and the need for immediate restoration of patency (grade 1A). Those with isolated femoropopliteal DVTs, on the other hand, are recommended to undergo systemic anticoagu­lation alone due to the lack of data supporting the use of CDT or PMT in these patients (grade 1C). Although early strategies of thrombus removal can include either open surgical thrombectomy or percutaneous techniques, the guidelines recommend percutaneous therapies over
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surgical thrombectomy due to the demonstrated efcacy and favorable risk prole of these devices (grade 2C). When choosing between types of percutaneous therapies, mechanical thrombectomy catheter use is favored over CDT in centers where the appropriate expertise exists, due largely to the potential bleeding risks of ongoing multiday
CDT (grade 2C). For selected patients with contraindica­tions to thrombolytic therapy who are candidates for anti­coagulation (i.e., a patient with PCD at a center without expertise in PMT procedures), open thrombectomy is rec­ommended (grade 2C). Asummary of the SVS/AVF guide­lines is noted in Table20.3.
TABLE 20.3 Society of Vascular Surgery/American Venous Forum guidelines for early thrombus removal strategies in
acute deep venous thrombosis
Guideline Grade
Recommendation FOR:
• CT venogram, or
• Contrast venography, or
• MRvenography In patients with suspected DVT not conrmed by stan­dard duplex ultrasonography
Suggestion FOR:
• Early thrombus removal in patients with a rst epi­sode of acute iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis, symptoms <14 days in duration, a low risk of bleed­ing, and ambulatory with good functional capacity and an acceptable life expectancy
Recommendation AGAINST:
• Early thrombus removal in patients with isolated femoropopliteal deep venous thrombosis
(Use of conventional anticoagulation therapy alone in these patients)
Recommendation FOR:
• Early thrombus removal in patients with limb-threatening venous ischemia due to iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis with or without associated femoropopliteal venous thrombosis (phlegmasia cerulea dolens)
Recommendation FOR:
• Percutaneous catheter-based techniques over open thrombectomy in aforementioned patients
Suggestion FOR:
• Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy device usage over CDT alone if expertise and resources are available
Recommendation AGAINST:
• Routine use of inferior vena cava lters (IVCFs) during early thrombus removal
Recommendation FOR:
• The use of self-expanding metallic stents for treat­ment of chronic iliocaval compressive or obstructive lesions that are uncovered by any of the thrombus removal strategies
Suggestion AGAINST:
• Use of stents in the femoral and popliteal veins
Recommendation FOR:
• Anticoagulation after treatment with PMT or CDT
Recommendation FOR:
• Knee-high compression stockings (30–40 mmHg) for at least 2years after the procedure
1: Strong 2: Weak
1 C
2 C
1 C
1 A
1 C
2 C
1 C
1 C
2 C
1 A
1 C
Quality A. High B. Moderate C. Low or very low 1A
Type of DVT
Iliofemoral Isolated fem-
oropopliteal
Phlegmasia
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20.7 CONCLUSION
The currently available evidence and understanding of the natural history of acute iliofemoral DVTs, in conjunction with appreciation of the morbidity and costs associated, both direct health care and QALY-based, suggest CDT as an early treatment modality with or without PMT, and this contention is supported by current societal guidelines for most functional patients with acute iliofemoral venous thrombosis. This is especially true in patients with severe
venous outow obstruction and PCD, where aggressive and early thrombus removal remains the primary treat­ment of choice. Based on current medical literature, CDT is safe with appropriate facility resources and efcacious in achieving complete recanalization and prevention of PTS over systemic anticoagulation alone. Despite the avail­able evidence and society recommendations, use of CDT remains underutilized in both tertiary care and outpatient settings, and further awareness within the greater practi­tioner community remains necessary.
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Guidelines 20.0 of the American Venous Forum on catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis
No. Guideline Strength of recommendation Grade of evidence
20.1 We suggest early thrombus removal in patients with a rst ep­isode of acute iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis, symptoms <14 days in duration, a low risk of bleeding, and ambulatory with good functional capacity and an acceptable life expectan­cy.
20.2 In patients with limb-threatening venous ischemia (phlegmasia cerulea dolens) due to iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis with or without associated femoropopliteal venous thrombosis, we recommend early thrombus removal.
20.3 In patients with acute iliofemoral DVT, we suggest pharma­comechanical thrombectomy over CDT alone if expertise and resources are available.
2 (weak)
1 (strong)
2 (weak)
C (low to very low)
A (high)
C (low to very low)
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Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy
for treatment of acute iliofemoral
deep vein thrombosis
Kayla J. Krause, Ahsan Zil-E-Ali, Faisal Aziz, and Peter Gloviczki
21.1 INTRODUCTION
In 2018, venous thromboembolism (VTE) disease affected over 1million individuals in the United States. mated 389,000 patients had pulmonary embolism (PE) and 626,000 had deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Thirty-day mortality was 5.1% and 1-year mortality was 19.6% in Medicare beneciaries. RIETE registry that included 116,655 patients, 30-day mortality was 2.57% for lower extremity DVT and 5.07%
3
for PE.
The main goal of VTE treatment is to reduce the risk of PE, for which anticoagulation is the mainstay of treatment. inammation and swelling, and the late complication of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). Standard anticoagula­tion used heparin or a derivative as the initial choice and bridging to warfarin as a long-term oral anticoagulant. The newer direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), however, are now the agents of choice for both initial and long­term anticoagulation. Chapter19 discusses in detail the best medical therapy of VTE. Anticoagulation is effective to decrease PE, but the most signicant late complication of VTE, PTS, cannot be prevented or treated with antico­agulation alone, with estimates suggesting 20%–50% of patients develop PTS after an acute DVT, despite adequate anticoagulation.
of chronic venous insufciency (CVI) that occur after acute DVT; it is generally evident within the rst few months after the acute event. Patients with PTS may present with pain, edema, cramps, venous claudication, pigmentation, lipodermatosclerosis, eczema, dermatitis, varicose veins, and atrophie blanche, and in severe cases ulcerations, lead­ing to signicant pain, disability, and an impairment in the quality of life. with abnormal microcirculation, plays a central role in the development of PTS, which results in destruction of the valves, venous incompetence, and/or chronic luminal obstruction and vein wall brosis, driven by thrombus-in­duced inammation or physical scarring that causes venous valve dysfunction.
4–7
The secondary goal is to reduce early pain,
PTS is dened as a constellation of signs and symptoms
8,12
2
In recent data of the international
8–11
Ambulatory venous hypertension, along
13–15
1
An esti-
21.2 RATIONALE FOR REMOVAL OF THROMBUS
The rationale for thrombus removal in patients with iliofem­oral DVT is based on the underlying pathophysiology of chronic venous disease, which leads to valvular incompe­tence and venous obstruction. the severity and extent of DVT, delay in treatment, or use of anticoagulation alone are risks of post-thrombotic morbidity. Early thrombus removal is especially import­ant in patients with severe symptoms of proximal venous obstruction and in those with phlegmasia cerulea dolens or venous gangrene. Strategies of thrombus removal in patients with iliofemoral DVT will reduce chronic venous obstruction, resulting in reduction, although not elimi­nation, of PTS. dolens or venous gangrene, however, it may salvage the limb or the life of the patients.
Chapter20 discusses the most frequently used tech­nique of thrombus removal, catheter-directed thrombol­ysis (CDT). During CDT, patients need to be monitored in an intensive care unit. Major bleeding complications still can occur, and this has hampered the widespread use of CDT. ACochrane review of 19 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of 1943 patients who underwent treatment for VTE found that complete clot lysis was more frequent (RR 4.75; 95% CI 1.83–12.33) and PTS slightly less fre­quent (50% vs 53%, RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.66–0.93) after using thrombolytic strategies vs anticoagulation alone. Bleeding complications, however, were signicantly more frequent with thrombolysis (6.7% vs 2.2%, RR 2.45, 95% CI 1.58–3.78) than with anticoagulation. The long­awaited ATTRACT trial randomized 692 patients with acute DVT to receive either anticoagulation alone or anticoagulation plus pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) (catheter-mediated or device-mediated intrath­rombus delivery of recombinant tissue plasminogen acti­vator [TPA] and thrombus aspiration or maceration, with or without stenting). was no signicant between-group difference in patients with PTS (47% vs 48%). PMT, however, led to more
12,17–19
In patients with phlegmasia cerulea
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Between 6 and 24 months, there
16
Studies have shown that
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major bleeding events within 10 days (1.7% vs 0.3% of patients, P=0.049). Severity scores for PTS were lower in the PMT group up to 24 months, but quality of life (QOL) was similar between groups. In recent years, there­fore, percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has been used with increasing frequency to avoid or shorten lytic therapy, decrease drug dose, shorten overall treat­ment time, decrease bleeding complications, and reduce early symptoms and the incidence of late PTS.
21.3 ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED THROMBOLYSIS AND PHARMACOMECHANICAL AND MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY
Currently, more than 45 peripheral venous MT or throm­bolysis devices are approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration. ultrasonic or mechanical techniques has rapidly become the standard for catheter-based management of exten­sive venous thrombosis, and MT, without the use of lytic agents, has been gaining signicant popularity.
21.3.1 Ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis
CDT can be performed with ultrasound-assisted throm­bolytic catheters that facilitate dispersion of the TPA to shorten the time needed for lysis. Ultrasound waves gener­ated during infusion of the plasminogen activator increase the surface area of brin and speed lysis. This concept was studied by Engelberger et al. xed-dose, low-intensity, ultrasound-assisted thromboly­sis was a safe and effective treatment for PE. The same authors reported on ultrasound-accelerated thrombol­ysis for iliofemoral DVT followed by routine stenting. They randomized 48 patients with DVT to receive CDT or ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis. of treatment, the authors found that patients had 54% and 55% (P=0.91) thrombus load reductions with CDT and ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis, respectively. There were no differences between treatment groups in any of the other outcomes. Follow-up at 1year conrmed that the addition of intravascular ultrasound to conven­tional CDT did not have any impact on relevant clinical or duplex sonographic outcomes, which were favorable in both groups.
The 2020 Ultrasound-Accelerated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Versus Anticoagulation for the Prevention of Post-Thrombotic Syndrome (CAVA) trial compared 115 patients with iliofemoral DVT randomly assigned to either ultrasound-accelerated CDT or standard therapy alone. The trial showed that early reperfusion with CDT did not reduce the incidence of PTS compared with standard ther­apy alone. Follow-up in 2021 showed that ultrasound-ac­celerated CDT prevented PTS increases with time, but there was still no change to the patients’ QOL.
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23
The adjunctive use of
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In a single-center RCT,24
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After 15hours
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25
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21.3.2 Pharmacomechanical and mechanical thrombectomy
Percutaneous MT can be performed with drug injection but also without the use of any lytic treatment. MT devices are distinguished based on their action of thrombus removal: oscillation/maceration, suction aspiration, or augmented aspiration.
22.3.2.1 Oscillation/maceration
Examples of devices that work with oscillation/macera­tion include the Cleaner device (Argon Medical), Arrow-Trerotola Over-the-Wire Percutaneous Thrombo­lytic Device (Teleex, Inc.) (recalled in 2021), and the Trel­lis device (Medtronic, Inc.). an important RCT showed some advantages of this tech­nique.
22.3.2.2 Suction aspiration
This group includes, among others, the Indigo Cat-18 and the Lightning Intelligent devices (Penumbra, Inc.), JETi device (WALK Vascular), dynamics, Inc.) device, bypass for use.
22.3.2.3 Augmented aspiration
Devices with augmented aspiration, among others, include the AngioJet (Solent Proxi, Zelante) rheolytic devices (Bos­ton Scientic), Treaver basket (Inare Medical, Inc.).
22.3.2.4 Results of clinical trials
In a RCT22 that included 692 patients with acute proxi­mal DVT, anticoagulation alone was compared to antico­agulation plus PMT (catheter-mediated or device-mediated intrathrombus delivery of recombinant TPA and thrombus aspiration or maceration, with or without stenting). The AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy System (Boston Scien­tic) or the Trellis Peripheral Infusion System (Covidien) was used in addition to CDT. No difference was noted in the incidence of PTS at 6 and 24 months between the groups (48% vs 47 %), but PMT was associated with more major bleeding events at 10 days (1.7% vs 0.3% of patients, P=0.049). Severity scores for PTS after PMT were lower at all intervals, up to 24 months. There was no QOL improvement, however.
Multiple registries reported on outcomes after differ­ent pharmacomechanical and mechanical thrombectomies (Table21.1). investigated the AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy device in 329 patients with lower extremity DVT and found that AngioJet treatment signicantly shortened procedure time (Figure21.1). Major bleeding events occurred in 12 patients (3.6%), but none were related to the AngioJet procedure. tomy with CDT treatment of DVT is safe and effective and potentially reduces procedure time and intensive care unit stay. These results were conrmed in a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials comparing AngioJet
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Trellis was discontinued, but
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35
36
22,37
the FlowTriever discs, and the Clot-
36,37,39,40
The PEARL registry by Garcia et al.37
and the AngioVac (Angio-
which also needs a venovenous
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The study concluded that rheolytic thrombec-
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34
the
the
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TABLE 21.1 Prospective registries of pharmacomechanical and mechanical thrombectomies for acute lower extremity
deep vein thrombosis
Registry First
author, year
PEARL Garcia,
ARNSBERG Lichtenberg
RAPID Moriarty,
CLOUT Dexter, 2022 250 ClotTreaver
2015
2019
2021
37
40
36
N of
Treatment Primary efficacy
pts
329 AngioJet Rheo-
lytic Thrombec­tomy + CDT
56 AngioJet Rheo-
lytic Thrombecto­my, Trellis, Indigo System
234 AngioVac for
caval throm­boemboli, right heart masses, catheter-related thrombi and PE
system for lower extremity DVT
outcome
Procedure time signi­cantly reduced with RT, clot removal grade (not different in groups)
PTS: at 1, 6, and 12 months, rVCSS, CEAP score
% Removal or thrombus or right heart mass Because of the limited use to remove PE, AngioVac was not recommended for this indication
>75% Thrombus removal (Marder score): achieved in 86% of limbs
Secondary efficacy outcome
Freedom from re­thrombosis, reinter­vention Loss of benet of thrombectomy HRQOL
Iliofemoral patency higher at 6 months after MT vs CDT
PTS: severity, symp­toms, pain, HRQOL
PTS: Villalta scale >5, pain scale (NPRS), rVCSS, HRQOL:EQ5D Patency assessed with Duplex At 6 months signicant and sustained clinical improvement
Primary or secondary safety outcome
Acute renal failure, brady­cardia Death Bleeding (major in 3.6%, none due to AngioJet) VTE recurrence
Device- and procedure-re­lated complications, rethrombosis. Bleeding less after MT than after CDT There is a risk of hemolysis after MT
Death, bleeding, PE, vessel injury, arrhythmia, stroke, distal embolization
Device-related adverse event VTE recurrence, bleeding, death At 30 days one serious adverse event
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21.1 AngioJet peripheral thrombectomy system. (From Boston Scientic, Marlborough, MA, with permission.)
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thrombectomy with CDT.41 AngioJet did not result in a signicant difference in efcacy and complications, but it decreased the incidence of PTS and improved the Villalta score. It also decreased the duration of the treatment and the drug dose.
The ARNSBERG Registry data was reported by Licht-
enberg et al.
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who used the Aspirex catheter (BD, Frank­lin Lake, NJ) as a rotational MT device for treatment of iliofemoral DVT in 56 patients. All patients received stents. Procedure-related complications were seen in 14% of patients, 12-month patency was 87%. Patients seemed to have substantial prevention of moderate-to-severe PTS and had few device-related complications including bleeding.
The RAPID registry investigated the safety and ef­cacy of the AngioVac System in 234 patients with caval thromboemboli (36%), right heart masses (48%), cathe­ter-related thrombi (8.5%), and PEs (2%). Extracorporeal bypass time was <1hour in three of four patients. There were 36 procedure-related complications, including one death. The AngioVac System was judged to remove vascu­lar thrombi and cardiac masses safely and effectively, but the number of PEs was limited, and no recommendation was made for this indication.
Promising interim data were reported on the pro­spective, single-arm CLOUT Registry by Dexter et al.
39
Two-hundred and fty patients with lower extremity DVT were treated with the ClotTreaver system (Figure21.2). No patients received thrombolytic treatment, and all but one were treated in a single session. Median blood loss was estimated to be 50 mL. Stents were placed in 46.5% of the patients. Only six patients (2.4%) were treated in an intensive care unit. One patient had a fatal PE during the procedure. There were no acute renal injuries. Complete or near-complete (>75%) thrombus removal was achieved in 86% of limbs. At 6 months, 24% of patients had PTS, but there was overall a signicant improvement in PTS, symp­toms, pain, and QOL.
39
A computer-aided mechanical aspiration thrombec­tomy device (Indigo System with Lightning 12 Intelligent Aspiration, Penumbra, Inc., Alameda, CA) was used in 16 patients with iliofemoral DVT by Robertson et al.
34
(Fig-
ure21.3). Thrombus reduction of ≥70% was achieved in
all patients. Eight patients (50%) were stented. All had symptom resolution before discharge. The median blood loss was 155mL, and no patient required a blood trans­fusion. One patient received adjunctive CDT. No patient developed acute kidney failure, and no complications occurred. At 1–8 months, iliofemoral vein patency was
93.8%, and 87.5% of the patients were free of symptoms. These data support the safety and efcacy of a single-ses­sion treatment of iliofemoral DVT without bleeding com­plications using MT.
34
A meta-analysis of percutaneous MT with and with­out CDT for the treatment of lower extremity DVT included 1323 patients from 35 studies.
42
The periop­erative incidence of major bleeding and PE was 4.6% (95% CI, 2.9%–7.3%) and 3.8% (95% CI, 2.5%–6.7%), respectively. The average follow-up ranged from 2.8 to
32.1months. About 15% of patients developed PTS. In comparing the results of PMT± CDT with CDT alone, the partial thrombolysis rate was higher in the PMT ± CDT group (odds ratio [OR], 2.64; 95% CI, 1.34–5.21; P= .005), whereas the complete lysis rate was not. Villalta scores were similar. The thrombolytic drug dose in the PMT± CDT group was less and the procedural time was shorter than in the CDT group. There was no signicant difference in major bleeding or PE between the groups. The study concluded that PMT with or without CDT is a relatively effective and safe approach for lower extremity DVT patients.
Another, more recent meta-analysis of six trials in 2019 found that PMT for iliofemoral DVT signicantly reduced the severity of PTS by reducing the Villalta score. It also reduced thrombus score, hospital length of stay, and thrombolysis time.
43
There was no signicant difference between valve incompetence, minor bleeding, stent events, or clot reduction grade Ievents.
New rigorous RCTs, enrollment of larger numbers of patients in prospective registries, and analysis of both early and long-term results will help us conrm the clinical ef­cacy of pharmacomechanical and completely mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute iliofemoral DVT.
A recent Trustworthy Delphi consensus-based state­ment reported by Vedantham et al.
44
addressed the need for
21.2 ClotTreaver mechanical thrombectomy device. (From Inari Medical, Irvine, CA, with permission.)
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21.3 Indigo Aspiration System with Lightning Aspiration Tubing. (From Penumbra Inc., Alameda, CA, with permission.)
TABLE 21.2 Reporting standards for endovascular interventions for acute iliofemoral DVT
No. Consensus statement
1. We strongly encourage using multicenter RCTs to assess the efcacy of endovascular interventions.
2. The population description should include (1) characteristics of the index DVT-presenting symptoms, PE, or a temporary provoking risk factor; (2) symptom duration and DVT history; (3) the most cephalad anatomic extent of the DVT; (4) whether the patients present initially with DVT, had early treatment failure, or had acute limb-threatening circulatory compromise.
3. The protocol should specify thrombus removal techniques, stand-alone use of the device, and its use along with brinolysis or with other treatments. Any brinolytic drug (systemic or catheter directed), the sequence of use (thrombectomy device rst, drug rst, simultaneous), the drug dose, and other thrombus removal methods should be reported.
4. Immediate anatomic efcacy requires demonstration of thrombus volume reduction by an independent blinded assessment of venograms performed before and after the intervention, ideally using established assessment scales. For stand-alone devices, the post-treatment venogram must be performed before other interventions.
5. Early anatomic efcacy at 1 month should always be reported.
6. We suggest early patient follow-up at 7–10 days, 1 month, and 6 months to evaluate adverse events, early anatomic efcacy, and early clinical efcacy. Follow-up of 1–2years will identify PTS. In some studies, follow-up of 3–5years will denitively assess PTS, the need for reintervention, and severe clinical manifestations (ulcers).
7. Demonstration of clinical efcacy at 1–6 months compared with nonintervened controls should include early anatomic efca­cy and improvement in patient-centered sequelae of venous disease (limb pain, ambulatory/functional capacity, and QOL) or objective clinical signs of venous disease (swelling by measurement of limb circumference/volume).
8. The risks of bleeding (device-related blood loss, access site bleeding, distant bleeding), PE, early rethrombosis, vascular injury, bradycardia, renal failure, and any additional risks that stem from the nature and mechanism of action of any specic device must be reported.
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Source: Based on Vedantham S, Gloviczki P, Carman TL, et al. Delphi consensus on reporting standards in clinical studies for endovascular treatment of acute iliofemoral venous thrombosis and chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2023;16(7):e012894.
sufcient rigor to conduct future studies to support conclu­sions on safety, efcacy, durability, and risks and benets of endovascular treatment of acute and chronic venous dis­ease. Of the 30 statements on reporting clinical outcome, 8 dealt specically with MT (Table21.2.)
The CLOUT registry ences with both mechanical and aspiration-assisted throm­bus removal
34,46–48
outcomes because thrombectomy is performed without systemic or catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy that is responsible for most major bleeding complications. Recent data also suggest that at current cost and outcomes, MT
38,39,45
and other reported experi-
suggest that MT has excellent early
44
is the most cost-effective intervention for iliofemoral DVT compared with anticoagulation or CDT. that some of these devices will be useful for patients with subacute or chronic DVT as well.
50,51
49
It is also possible
The 2012 SVS/AVF guidelines already suggested a strategy of early thrombus removal with percutaneous catheter-based techniques in patients in whom it is the rst episode of iliofemoral DVT, if symptoms lasted under 14 days, the patient had a low risk of bleeding, and they were ambulatory with good functional capacity and an accept­able life expectancy (grade 2C). It was strongly recom­mended that thrombus be removed in phlegmasia cerulea