Summary: Chronic venous disease significantly increases risk of deep venous thrombosis. Undergone deep venous thrombosis, especially recurrent DVT, in turn increases risk of post-thrombotic syndrome, meaning chronic venous insufficiency which is secondary to undergone thrombosis.
Therefore chronic venous disease becomes both Ė the risk factor of thrombosis and one of its key complications. The cause and effect relationship between these two diseases seems to fully justify the opinion that minimizing the risk of venous thromboembolism should be one of the aims of proper chronic venous disease treatment. Varicose veins should not be considered as only an esthetical problem, but they should be effectively treated with an optimal method that is suitable for patients clinical state, comorbidities, expectations and risk of thromboembolism.