Paget-schroetter Syndrome: a Review of Effort Thrombosis of the Upper Extremity from a Sports Medicine Perspective

Overview

Journal Sports Health

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2014 Jan 25

PMID 24459553

Citations 11

Authors

Nathan A Mall

Geoffrey S Van Thiel

Wendell M Heard

George A Paletta

Charles Bush-Joseph

Bernard R Bach Jr

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Abstract

Paget-Schroetter is a rare diagnosis in the general population; however, it is more common in younger, physically active individuals. Clinicians must be familiar with the symptoms, physical examination, and initial imaging and treatment to expedite care and prevent possible life-threatening complications. Urgent referral to a regional specialist may improve the opportunity for thrombolysis to restore blood flow through the subclavian vein and to decrease the chance of pulmonary embolus, recurrent thrombosis, or need for vein grafting, as well as to improve the time to return to full activity (athletics and/or manual labor).

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