May–Thurner Syndrome in Pregnancy-Associated Venous Thromboembolism

We have read the study by Jerjes-Sánchez et al with interest[1] and noted the observation that 73.8% of the 183 patients with pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism (PA-VTE) developed predominantly left-sided lower extremity (LE) deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We would like to emphasize the potential association of pregnancy with May–Thurner syndrome (MTS), also known as iliac vein compression syndrome, described as an anatomic variant in...