The Effect of PTA & Stenting on Intravenous Pressure in Deep Venous Obstructive Disease Before, After and During Ambulation on a Treadmill - Pilot Study.

Rationale: PTA & stenting in iliofemoral and iliocaval venous obstruction has been proven to be an effective method of treatment with good clinical results. However, no proper investigations have been made to objectify the reduction in (ambulatory) venous hypertension caused by this type of obstruction. Normal ambulatory venous pressure is below 20mmHg, though studies have already shown a linear relationship between the incidence of ulcers and an ambulatory intravenous pressure of more than 30mmHg. We believe that by measuring the (ambulatory) venous pressure before and after stenting, we will gain more knowledge on the hemodynamics of venous disease and its treatment and we will obtain information that might identify patients at risk of stent occlusion or the forming of an ulcer in an early stage. Identifying these patients will most certainly influence preventive treatment in the future.

Objective: To map the changes in intravenous pressure in post-thrombotic iliofemoral venous obstruction and evaluate the effect of PTA & stenting with possible identification of a predictive parameter for success of treatment.

Study design: Prospective, observational study (healthy and diseased limb in one patient).

Study population: Patients with an iliofemoral venous obstruction, objectified on duplex ultrasonography and magnetic resonance venography, and the indication for stenting of the obstructed tract(s).

Intervention: All patients will undergo stenting of the obstructed venous tract. Patients receive the same therapy as they would have received not participating in this study; therefore this study has no influence on the treatment patients receive.