Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Diagnosis and management of DVT.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

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Clinical Guidelines

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism

2021 ESVS Guidelines on the Management of Venous Thrombosis

CKS: Deep vein thrombosis

NICE guideline [NG158]

NICE guideline [NG89]

AAFP Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 196: Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

ACOG Practice Bulletin: Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Gynecologic Surgery

American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: venous thromboembolism in the context of pregnancy

ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report: Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease

European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2021 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Venous Thrombosis

NICE guideline [NG158]: Venous thromboembolic diseases: diagnosis, management and thrombophilia testing

Second consensus document on diagnosis and management of acute deep vein thrombosis

Society of Interventional Radiology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Lower-Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis