The American Venous Forum clinical practice guideline on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis

Rafael D. Malgor; Yana Etkin; Nicolas J. Mouawad; Linda Le; Leo Sullivan; Eleftherios Xenos; Limael Rodriguez; Chandu Vemuri; Eri Fukaya; Brajesh K. Lal; Pedro J. Furtado Neves; Faisal Aziz; Mikel Sadek; Nathan Tomita; Alessandra Puggioni

doi:10.1016/j.jvsv.2026.102461

The American Venous Forum clinical practice guideline on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis

Rafael D. Malgor
, Yana Etkin
, Nicolas J. Mouawad
, Linda Le
, Leo Sullivan
, Eleftherios Xenos
, Limael Rodriguez
, Chandu Vemuri
, Eri Fukaya
, Brajesh K. Lal
, Pedro J. Furtado Neves
, Faisal Aziz
, Mikel Sadek
, Nathan Tomita
, Alessandra Puggioni

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Abstract

The American Venous Forum has formulated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to provide recommendations on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. All recommendations follow a systematic review of workup and therapy options for patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. Potential limitations of these guidelines are due to the lack of evidence on some specific subareas, such as risk stratification and long-term outcomes.

Original language	English
Article number	102461
Journal	Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2026.102461
State	Published - Jul 2026

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© 2026 The Author(s)

Funding

The American Venous Forum has provided financial support for the initial portion of this project to B.K.L.'s research group at the University of Maryland.

Funders
University of Maryland

Keywords

Deep vein thrombosis
Endovenous
Guidelines
Upper extremity
Venous thrombectomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Malgor, R. D., Etkin, Y., Mouawad, N. J., Le, L., Sullivan, L., Xenos, E., Rodriguez, L., Vemuri, C., Fukaya, E., Lal, B. K., Furtado Neves, P. J., Aziz, F., Sadek, M., Tomita, N., & Puggioni, A. (2026). The American Venous Forum clinical practice guideline on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 14(4), Article 102461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2026.102461

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The American Venous Forum clinical practice guideline on the care of patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis

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