London, UK - A new German study has shown that home treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) with a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) is feasible and that this approach could be employed for the ...

NEW YORK, June 27 (Praxis Press) Heparins have been shown to be effective and safe in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis, but the use of this treatment on an outpatient versus an inpatient basis ...

A blood clot in the arm can lead to symptoms of pain, swelling, and skin discoloration, sometimes with visibly bulging veins and shoulder or neck discomfort. The clot, called a deep vein thrombosis ...

Given this increased utilization, a research team led by Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC, RVT, Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Director of Vascular and ...

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% ...

Giving the anti-clotting drug rivaroxaban to patients for 12 weeks instead of the usual six after a blood clot in the lower leg reduces the risk of further clots developing up to two years after ...

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.

BEND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inovia Vein Specialty Centers, a leading provider of vein disease treatments and therapies in the Pacific Northwest, announces its successful outreach and awareness ...

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 ...