Practical Phlebology

Anthony J. Comerot, MD, FACS, FACC, is the director of the Jobst Vascular Institute at Toledo Hospital in Ohio and adjunct professor of surgery at the University of Michigan. He received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed his general surgery residency at Temple University Hospital and his vascular surgery fellowship at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Comerota has been a major contributor to the development of some of the newest forms of treatment for vascular disease and has been the principal investigator of seven major national trials and a co-investigator of numerous others. His research interests span a broad range of arterial and venous disorders, including the management of acute DVT, therapeutic angiogenesis, noninvasive diagnosis of vascular disease, development of new devices, new drug development, and the effects of platelet-inhibiting drugs. He has received over $5 million in research funding, including support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association.

Natural history of acute DVT. Etiology. DVT prophylaxis. Diagnosis of acute DVT. Anticoagulants. New oral anticoagulants. Management of acute DVT: Anticoagulation. Strategy of thrombus removal. Inferior vena cava filters. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Common femoral endovenectomy and endoluminal recanalization for chronic postthrombotic iliofemoral venous obstruction.