Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis: initial clinical experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the success of lysis and clinical outcomes in patients treated with ultrasound (US)-accelerated thrombolysis for deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Materials And Methods: Forty-seven patients with 53 cases of DVT were treated with US-accelerated thrombolysis at eight centers in the United States. Sixty percent of the occlusions were in the lower extremity, 36% were in the upper extremity, and 4% were hepatic.