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Is may thurner syndrome common?can it cause heart probs? is there a high probability of needing stent in moderate focal stenosis l common iliac vein?

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Dr. Leila Hashemi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

May-Thurner sx: Hi, the prevalence of it is 20%, it's an anatomical variant in which the right common iliac artery overlies and compresses the left common iliac vein against the lumbar spine, therefore it increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis, the Anticoagulation alone is not enough in most cases and stent placement is needed. If the blood clot goes to the lung and goes untreated and it can cause right

Answered 8/26/2014

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