Current management strategies and long‐term clinical outcomes of upper extremity venous thrombosis

Essentials•Few data exist on outcome of upper extremity deep and superficial vein thrombosis (UEDVT and UESVT).•We followed 102 and 55 patients with UEDVT or UESVT, respectively, for a median of 3.5 years.•Risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism was low in both diseases, and the mortality high.•Postthrombotic symptoms were infrequent and cancer patients had a higher risk of recurrent VTE.Summary: BackgroundThere is scant information on the...