Treatment of chronic venous disease of the lower extremities: what’s new in guidelines?
Anthony J. COMEROTA Guidelines for patient care offer recommendations to physicians for diagnosis and management of common diseases that generally apply to the typical patient. This manuscript addresses some of the newer guidelines to help clinicians manage patients with chronic venous disease of the lower extremities. The two important documents, “Management of Chronic Venous Disorders of the Lower Limbs: Guidelines According to Scientific Evidence”1 prepared by an international consensus group under the auspices of the leading societies for venous disease, and, “Antithrombotic Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease,”2 as part of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) 8th consensus conference,…
