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When a blood clot forms in a vein deep inside your body, it causes what doctors call deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

[2] Assessment for DVT must be done by objective methods ... on warfarin prophylaxis (average 9 days) to duplex ultrasound compression or a sham procedure. The examination was positive in 3.7 ...

Diagnosing DVT involves an ultrasound to check for clots in the veins. Treatment usually involves medication to break down the clot and prevent future clots from forming. Unfortunately ...

(I’d find out later that pregnant women are up to five times more likely to develop DVT.) After the ER doctors sent me back to get an ultrasound of my legs, I laid in my hospital bed thinking of ...

This danger has led to better DVT detection methods to help prevent PE. The use of Doppler ultrasound screening for DVT among spinal cord injury patients continues to be controversial. In a ...