American Venous Forum (AVF) – Newsletter
AVF’s newsletter written by one of C-TRACT’s investigators
NATF On-line support group – Podcast
An Update on Post-Thrombotic Syndrome – North American Thrombosis Forum
The Kinked Wire – Podcast
Episode 5: The potential of C-TRACT to help PTS patients | Guests: Suresh Vedantham and Mary Costantino – The Kinked Wire
Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Acute Femoral–Popliteal Deep Vein Thrombosis: Analysis from a Stratified Randomized Trial
Summary: This article, published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, describes the clinical outcomes of pharmaco-mechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PCDT) in the 300-patient subgroup of the ATTRACT study with femoral-popliteal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (without involvement of more proximal veins). Kearon, Clive; Gu, Chu-Shu; Julian, Jim; Goldhaber, Samuel; Comerota, Anthony; Gornik, Heather; Murphy, Timothy; Lewis, Laurence; Kahn, Susan; […]
Endovascular Thrombus Removal for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis: Analysis from a Stratified Multicenter Randomized Trial
Summary: This article, published in Circulation, describes the clinical outcomes observed in the 391-patient subgroup of ATTRACT study patients who had iliofemoral DVT (DVT involving the iliac and/or common femoral vein). Citation: Comerota, Anthony J.; Kearon, Clive; Gu, Chu-Shu; Julian, Jim A.; Goldhaber, Samuel Z.; Kahn, Susan R.; Jaff, Michael R.; Razavi, Mahmood K.; Kindzelski, […]
ATTRACT trial concludes clot-busting drugs do not prevent long-term blood clot complications for most patients
Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Deep-Vein Thrombosis (ATTRACT Main Results) Summary: This article, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, describes the main results and primary outcome of the landmark ATTRACT Trial. Citation: Vedantham S, Goldhaber SZ, Julian JA, Kahn SR, Jaff MR, Cohen DJ, Magnuson E, Razavi MK, Comerota AJ, Gornik HL, Murphy TP, Lewis […]