Leiden, the Netherlands - Patients who experience venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism for the first time are more than twice as likely to die within the next eight years as similar individuals ...

Physicians are sticking with what they know when it comes to prescribing treatment for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Researchers found that the most common treatment remains parenteral ...

PULMONARY embolism, once regarded as an unavoidable accident of surgery, today preoccupies the minds of many clinicians, physicians and surgeons alike. For it is recognized as a threatened ...

A new review provides an in-depth analysis of the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. While hospitalized patients at general wards have a VTE risk of between 5 ...

Study design: Prospective clinical trial. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a specific protocol for prevention of thrombo-embolic disease occurring during the acute stage of spinal cord lesions, ...

THROMBOSIS of the ligated stump of the pulmonary vein, with subsequent embolization to the coronary artery, is a most unusual complication of pulmonary resection. This mechanism of death after ...

Three critical recommendations from a national workshop have been released to address deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), a growing public health problem estimated to affect nearly ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diagnosis of isolated pulmonary embolism may indicate presence of CVD and long-term risk for arterial thrombosis ...

Bayer's Xarelto® (Rivaroxaban) Approved for the Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and the Prevention of Recurrent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and PE in the EU Blood clots obstructing blood flow in ...

Basilic vein thrombosis is a type of superficial venous thrombosis (SVT) in which a blood clot forms in the basilic vein in the arm. In many cases, SVT is harmless and will resolve without treatment.