General Session: Advances in DVT, PE, and IVC Filter Care

DVT and PE Advances

A masterclass framed unresolved questions in iliofemoral DVT care, from selecting patients who benefit from intervention to predicting stent failure. Registry data showed mechanical thrombectomy within twelve hours produced greater, more durable right ventricular recovery in pulmonary embolism, and an AI triage tool cut time to anticoagulation and in hospital mortality.

Devices and Emerging Therapies

Longer sheaths crossing into the pulmonary artery were linked to more arrhythmias, while ECMO availability improved high risk outcomes. Basic science talks described sulodexide restoring the endothelial glycocalyx after thrombosis and an anti CCR2 nanotherapy reducing vein wall fibrosis in mice without worsening thrombus burden.

Special Populations and a Challenging Case

Studies examined iliofemoral DVT in adolescents, who face frequent hypercoagulable states and recurrence, and whether bilateral ultrasound is needed for unilateral symptoms. The session closed with a chronic IVC filter occlusion treated through angioplasty and stenting after thrombectomy failed.