Advanced Diagnostic Management of Suspected Recurrent Ipsilateral DVT With MRDTI

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. General contraindications for MRI: claustrophobia, pregnancy, intracranial vascular clips, any ferromagnetic implants, presence of a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, metallic splinters in the eye, any trauma or surgery which may have left ferromagnetic material in the body;
• •2. CUS-proven acute symptomatic DVT within 6 months before current presentation;
• •3. Onset of symptoms suggestive of acute recurrent DVT more than 10 days prior to presentation;
• •4. Suspected acute PE;
• •5. Hemodynamic instability at presentation (as a consequence of concurrent acute PE or otherwise);
• •6. Medical or psychological condition that would not permit completion of the study or signing of informed consent, including life expectancy less than 3 months, or unwillingness to sign informed consent;
• •7. Non-compliance or inability to adhere to treatment or follow-up visits.
• •8. Patients with suspected acute, recurrent, ipsilateral DVT on therapeutic anticoagulant treatment \> 48 hours at inclusion\*
• •Note: \*From August 2015 onward, patients with suspected acute, recurrent, ipsilateral DVT on anticoagulant treatment were allowed in the study as they were found to represent a high proportion (30%) of the screened study population.