The disadvantages of dabigatran include a higher cost compared with warfarin, the need for twice-daily dosing, and a slightly increased risk for gastrointestinal bleeding (6.1% with dabigatran vs 4% ...

Not all patients with blood clots in their legs – a condition known as deep vein thrombosis – need to receive powerful but risky clot-busting drugs, according to results of a large-scale, multicenter ...

Often, swollen ankles due to flying are harmless and go away on their own. In rare cases, however, ankle swelling may be a sign of deeper vein thrombosis (DVT), which is more serious and requires ...

O’Sullivan is an interventional radiologist — a physician who specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. In mid-March at the Society of Interventional Radiology scientific meeting in ...

A study presented today shows that a combination of clot busting drugs infused directly into the clot is an effective interventional radiology technique to treat deep vein thrombosis by breaking up ...

Temple Health is on a mission to raise awareness about one of the least-known and most under-diagnosed serious medical conditions – a potentially deadly one that can be prevented, if caught early.

The first clinical use of heparin was for chemoprophylaxis in surgical patients. In 1937, Murray and Crafoord published data evaluating surgical patients who received prophylaxis for DVT. 14 Despite ...

JENKINTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The summer travel season is here, and with it, many long plane and car trips. Those raise the risk of DVT, deep vein thrombosis or blood clots in the legs. However, knowing ...

Researchers sought to determine whether vaccination against COVID-19 would increase the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. The following article features coverage from the American Society of ...

Leg pain affects nearly everyone at some point, ranging from routine muscle soreness after exercise to the occasional cramp that resolves quickly. This commonplace nature makes it easy to dismiss leg ...