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Original Source: Management of isolated soleal and gastrocnemius vein thrombosis.
OBJECTIVE: The ideal treatment for hospitalized patients with isolated gastrocnemius and/or soleal venous thrombosis is unclear. Recommendations range from watchful waiting to full-dose anticoagulation. This study examines the effectiveness of practice patterns at a single institution as measured by progression of thrombus. METHODS: All consecutive inpatients with a duplex scan diagnosis of isolated gastrocnemius and/or soleal vein clot (no other thrombotic segments were identified) and where two consecutiv...
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Endoscopic vein grafts just as lifesaving as open-vein grafts
Endoscopic vein-graft harvesting is not associated with higher mortality than open vein-graft harvesting, contrary to previous reports, researchers claim.
Chuback Medical Group Raises Awareness for the Serious Vein Condition Deep Vein Thrombosis
Paramus, NJ (PRWEB) March 19, 2013 Paramus, NJ. Chuback Medical Group, a leading vein treatment center in Bergen County, New Jersey, is doing its part to reach out to the public and raise awareness...
What Men Should Know About Veins: Varicose Veins and Venous Disease are Real Medical Issues
South Portland, Maine (PRWEB) June 27, 2012 Women are more likely than men to have venous disease, including varicose veins and spider veins . But men are more likely to suffer from the worst ve...
An acellularised deceased donor vein graft recellularised with autologous stem cells can be considered for patients in need of vascular vein shunts without the need for immunosuppression.
The first biologically tissue-engineered vein grown from a patient’s own stem cells has been successfully transplanted into a 10-year-old girl with portal vein obstruction, dramatically enhancing he...
First vein grown from human stem cells successfully transplanted into a young girl
First came bladders. Then pulmonary arteries. Followed by urethras, arteriovenous shunts and tracheas. Now, in another first for the world of tissue-engineered body parts, Swedish surgeons have succes...
The Skin & Vein Center of Liberty, Missouri Offers Non-Invasive Vein Screenings to Patients
The Skin & Vein Center offers non-invasive vein screenings to promote vein health in the Kansas City area. Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) July 16, 2012 Dr. Scott Darling of The Skin & Vein Center ha...
Stem Cells Plus Donor Vein May Work for Bypass (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A bypass graft engineered from a deceased-donor vein and the patient's own stem cells could be a solution for patients who don't have enough native vein to do the job, first-in-man...
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Management of isolated soleal and gastrocnemius vein thrombosis.
OBJECTIVE: The ideal treatment for hospitalized patients with isolated gastrocnemius and/or soleal venous thrombosis is unclear. Recommendations range from watchful waiting to full-dose anticoagulatio...
BACKGROUND: Cancer cachexia is a severe wasting syndrome characterized by the progressive loss of lean body mass and systemic inflammation. Inhibiting the signaling of the transcription factor nuclear...
The efficacy of gene therapy mediated by plasmid DNA (pDNA) depends on selection of suitable vectors and doses. Using hydrodynamic limb vein (HLV) injection to deliver naked pDNA to skeletal muscles o...
Administration of hypertonic saline (HS) is an accepted model to study muscular pain. HS-induced nociceptive responses were tested in masseter, already described, and in two new pain models of spinall...
The innominate vein usually courses anterior to the aortic arch, where it joins the right brachiocephalic vein to form the superior caval vein. A retroaortic innominate vein is an uncommon finding in...
