Chronic leg problems following DVT include leg heaviness, tiredness, cramping and ulceration. These are termed the post-thrombotic syndrome. The current standard therapy of anticoagulation has ...

The annualized episodic reimbursed costs reported in this study include not only the initial acute DVT or PE event but also the chronic longer term consequences, such as recurrent DVT and PE and PTS.

The Sporting News contacted medical expert Dr. Michael S. George of the KSF Orthopaedic Center in Houston, who explained the ...

DVT in the upper extremity in athletes is also ... between the collarbone and the first rib, which causes enough chronic trauma that it can lead to a blood clot. A different variation of this ...