Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI are linked by poor blood flow and damaged veins, a common ...

Difference between Thrombosis & Embolism (Photo Credit: Freepik) When a blood clot develops in a spot where it shouldn’t have, it is called a thrombus, and the spot is called thrombosis.

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 complica ...

A 70-year-old man was taken to the emergency room due to sudden difficulty in breathing. The diagnostic result is 'Closed embolism'. A month ago, while lying in a hospital bed with a fracture in his ...

A first-time venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism dramatically increases the long-term mortality rate in individuals with and without malignancy, according to a recent study.

Although it is rare for thrombosis in the basilic vein to progress to DVT and pulmonary embolism, doctors have reported cases. A pulmonary embolism is a severe condition that can be life threatening.

The risk of the composite of deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism was reduced by 85% with fondaparinux as compared with placebo (0.2% [3 of 1502 patients] vs. 1.3% ...