Paget-Schroetter syndrome (PSS) is venous thrombosis resulting from chronic compression of the subclavian vein 1. Compression in an anatomically normal extremity occurs in extremes o...
Abrupt painful and swollen upper extremity with blue hue in a young athletic male 2
Symptoms typically occur within 24 hr of vigorous or heavy upper extremity activity 1.
V...
Anticoagulation, symptomatic treatment, and relief of extrinsic compression 2
Symptom relief requires pain control and compression 2.
Catheter-directed thrombolysis provides sh...
After surgical decompression, patients discharged on therapeutic anticoagulation, typically weight-based low-molecular-weight heparin 2.
Follow-up venography shoul...
PSS is venous thrombosis of the subclavian/axillary vein caused by compression of the venous thoracic outlet in conjunction with chronic injury to the vein by repeated overhead arm act...
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