静脈性血栓塞栓症の自然史について
1McMaster Clinic, Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. kearonc@mcmaster.ca
Circulation
|June 20, 2003
まとめ
大抵の深静脈血栓症 (DVT) は,小腿から発生し,しばしば介入なしに治る. しかし,近親 DVT と肺栓塞 (PE) は,死亡率や,後血栓症候群のような長期的な合併症を含む重大なリスクを伴う.
科学分野:
- 血管医学 血管医学とは
- 血液学 ヘマトロジ
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
背景:
- 深い静脈血栓症 (DVT) は,通常,小牛で始まり,自発的な解消が頻繁に起こります.
- 仔牛のDVTは,めったに足の症状や肺栓塞 (PE) を引き起こさないが,プロキシマル拡張のリスクは,プロトロンボティックな刺激によって増加する.
研究 の 目的:
- 静脈血栓塞栓症 (VTE) の自然史,臨床表現,およびアウトカムを解明する.
- DVTの解像度,PEの発達,および長期的な続変に影響を与える要因を理解する.
主な方法:
- DVTとPEに関する既存の文献のレビュー.
- 血栓の位置,解消率,臨床結果に関する患者データの分析.
- 再発および合併症の危険因子の特定.
主要な成果:
- 大半のDVTは,小児期に始まり,自発的に解消する可能性があるが,近接拡張はPEリスクを増加させる.
- 近親DVTは,抗凝固剤でゆっくりと解消する;癌と大きな初期血栓は解消を妨げます.
- PEは死亡リスクを持ち,合併症には右心室機能不全,肺高血圧,再発性血栓症,特に高リスクグループが含まれます.
結論:
- VTEは,診断時にしばしば足と肺の両方の部位を含む.
- 結果は,血栓負荷,患者併発症 (がんなど),遺伝的要因によって影響を受けます.
- 長期的なリスクには,ポストトロンボシス症候群と再発性VTEが含まれ,慎重な管理とリスク因子評価を必要とします.
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