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Table 4 Results from venous plethysmography at 5 years follow-up in limbs with postoperative distal DVT and in contralateral limbs.

From: A follow-up study of the fate of small asymptomatic deep venous thromboses

 

VE (ml/100 ml Ă— min)

T 1/2 (sec)

Contralateral limbs (n = 46)

107 (23)

16 (8)

DVT limbs, all (n = 46)

102 (24)

17 (9)

1. Isolated calf muscular vein (n = 5)

102 (12)

15 (6)

2. One deep calf vein stem (n = 24)

103 (27)

19 (10)

3. Two or more deep calf veins (n = 17)

102 (23)

15 (8)

  1. Mean and (SD); VE, venous emptying; T 1/2, half-refilling time