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Interventional Cardiology Journal
ISSN: 2471-8157
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E d i t i o n o f E u r o S c i C o n C o n g r e s s o n
Heart Disease and
Interventional Cardiology
F e b r u a r y 2 5 - 2 6 , 2 0 1 9
P a r i s , F r a n c e
Heart and World Cardiology 2019
M
ay-Thurner syndrome (MTS) represents the most common known cause
of non-thrombotic iliac vein obstruction. The most common symptoms
are chronic extremity edema and pain, and MTS is also an important cause
of acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) affecting the left inferior limb. In this
scenario, an endovascular stent placement to relieve the extrinsic compression
seems not only to alleviate these symptoms but also playing a role in preventing
an acute DVT episode. The author presents his personal experience in a private
practice, reporting the first 50 cases treated
Biography
MarceloFernandesLima isVascularSurgeon,titledasspecialist
in Vascular Surgery by the Brazilian Society of Angiology and
Vascular Surgery and by Brazilian Medical Association.
mlima_vascular@yahoo.comA personal experience case series report in May-Thurner
vsyndrome approach: the first 50 cases
Marcelo Fernandes Lima
1
, Vanessa Heinrich Barbosa de
Oliveira Lima
2
and Ilídio Almeida Lima
1,3
1
Instituto Victor Dib, Brazil
2
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
3
Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil
Marcelo Fernandes Lima et al., Interv Cardiol J 2019, Volume: 5
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8157-C1-005