People aged 18 and over with a suspected DVT need to have a proximal leg vein ultrasound scan quickly to diagnose or rule out a DVT so that treatment can be started promptly if needed. The scan should ...

An analysis of previous studies suggests that for patients with a suspected blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, withholding anticoagulation therapy after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Serial two-point ultrasonography of the proximal veins was found to be as effective as the more complex ...

Conducting serial compression ultrasonography with Doppler imaging of the iliac vein over the course of 7 days can rule out deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in symptomatic pregnant women, according to a ...

Venous thromboembolisms range from asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) to fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Non-fatal venous thromboembolic diseases may cause serious long-term conditions such as ...

FLORENCE — Japanese surgeons identified a 21% rate of deep venous thrombosis in patients after double-bundle arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. “The incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients ...

Pregnant women are more likely to have deep vein thrombosis in their left leg than their right, researchers have found. In a literature review, 88% of women for whom information on the location of ...

Performing pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis on top of standard anticoagulation therapy does not reduce postthrombotic syndrome in patients with acute proximal deep vein thrombosis ...

Background: Compression ultrasonography performed serially over a 7-day period is recommended for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic pregnant women, but whether this approach is safe ...

Boston, MA - Results of a randomized study show that the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) was halved by prophylaxis with dalteparin, a low-molecular-weight heparin, in patients hospitalized with ...