Rationale and design of the ATTRACT Study: a multicenter randomized trial to evaluate pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis for the prevention of postthrombotic syndrome in patients with proximal deep vein thrombosis.

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Published in Am Heart J on March 05, 2013

Authors

Suresh Vedantham1, Samuel Z Goldhaber, Susan R Kahn, Jim Julian, Elizabeth Magnuson, Michael R Jaff, Timothy P Murphy, David J Cohen, Anthony J Comerota, Heather L Gornik, Mahmood K Razavi, Lawrence Lewis, Clive Kearon

Author Affiliations

1: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. vedanthams@mir.wustl.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis (ATTRACT) | NCT00790335

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