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Table 1 Four mandatory and predefined clinical criteria for PTS

From: Predictors of long-term post-thrombotic syndrome following high proximal deep vein thrombosis: a cross-sectional study

1. Previous objectively verified DVT

2. Development of chronic complaints (> 1 month) in the DVT leg*

3. The chronic complaints appeared or worsened following the DVT

4. An alternative diagnosis to the patient’s complaints is not likely

  1. *Any chronic complaint developed in the limb following the DVT [5, 32]