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Balloon Test for Iliac Vein Compression

NCT02584374 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-01-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Iliac vein compression is a common cause of leg or abdominal complaints and is difficult to diagnose. Although a combination of duplex ultrasonography, magnetic resonance venography and two-plane phlebography are able to show compression, not all suspected iliac vein compressions can be identified. Intravascular ultrasound appears to have a higher diagnostic value, but is far more expensive. In our experience a balloon occlusion test in the common iliac vein during phlebography can diagnose iliac vein compression due to the collateral network that is visualised. The general consensus is that pelvic collaterals are a sign of pathology, though the investigators would like to validate this test by showing that a balloon occlusion test in healthy subjects does not identify a collateral network.

Conditions

  • May-thurner Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Venography with balloon occlusion test

First, regular venography of the venous iliac tract will be performed. Second, a 16mm diameter balloon will be inflated in the common iliac vein and venography will be repeated.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • R de Graaf, MD, PhD · Maastricht UMC

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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