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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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Post-Flight Fainting May Signal Dangerous Blood Clot: Study
MONDAY, Oct. 22 -- People who faint shortly after air travel could have a potentially fatal blockage in their lung, known as a pulmonary embolism, a new study indicates. A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a...
Varicose veins are a problem affecting the veins of the legs. The leg veins function in circulating blood back to the heart. When an individual has varicose veins, the veins do not work well, causing...
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot that blocks the blood vessels supplying the lungs. The clot (embolus) most often comes from the leg veins and travels through the heart to the lungs. When the...
Health Tip: When Varicose Veins Are a Problem
-- Varicose veins are enlarged, bulging veins often found on the thighs, calves or inside the leg that can cause significant pain when standing or walking. They are rarely serious but sometimes warran...
Blood Thinners Cause 7 Percent Of Medication Errors
New research published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy has revealed that blood thinners account for around 7 percent of medication errors in hospitalized patients. Blood thinners reduce the risk of...
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New findings from two double-blind, randomized trials, RE-MEDYSM and RE-SONATE®, show that dabigatran 150 mg twice daily reduces the risk of recur...
Management of Varicose Veins and Venous Insufficiency Management of Varicose Veins
Chronic venous disease, reviewed herein, is manifested by a spectrum of signs and symptoms, including cosmetic spider veins, asymptomatic varicosities, large painful varicose veins, edema, hyperpigmen...
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...
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Evaluation of testicular vein anatomy with multidetector computed tomography.
PURPOSE: We aimed to evaluate the normal anatomy and variations of testicular veins by multidetector CT (MDCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:...
BACKGROUND:: The presence of communicating veins between adjacent hepatic veins may allow parenchyma-sparing hepatectomy. Taking advantage of improvements in ultrasound technology, such as e-flow moda...
Mesenteric veins are more sensitive than arteries to the constrictor effects of sympathetic nerve stimulation and alpha-adrenoceptor agonists. We tested the hypothesis that alpha(1)- and alpha(2)-adre...
INTRODUCTION: The current study evaluated the signal characteristics of susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) of arteriovenous malformation (AVM), especially for draining veins. For this purpose, we i...
Hepatic veins as a site of clot formation following liver resection.
Pulmonary embolism occurs more frequently after hepatectomy than previously thought but is infrequently associated with peripheral deep vein thrombosis. In this paper, we report 2 cases of postoperati...
