Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoffs can safely rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in many suspected cases, according to the ...

Recognizing that D-dimer levels generally increase with advancing age, however, the age-adjusted D-dimer test is ...

Factor V Leiden (FVL) is a change in your genes that affects one of the clotting factors in your blood and keeps your body's blood-clotting process from working right. It can cause a disorder called ...

What is a blood clot? Blood clots normally form after an injury to protect your body from losing too much blood, but they can ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), you might be wondering if you’re at a higher risk for other health problems, too. DVT is when a blood clot forms in a vein deep in your body ...

PATIENT PRESENTATION A woman in her late 50s with a history of hypertension and diabetes presented with severe, debilitating ...

DVT prophylaxis reduces the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis through medications, compression stockings, and devices. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can occur when a blood clot forms in a deep vein ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) — a medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein, usually in a leg — might be the most serious health risk you’ve never heard of. These clots can ...

March 30, 2010 — Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is more likely to occur on the left side, particularly the left leg, in pregnant women, according to the results of a review reported online March 29 in the ...

Over the last year or so, three high-profile NBA superstars have received blood clot disorder diagnoses. In just the last two months, both Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks and the San Antonio ...

Whitmore has been diagnosed with the same condition that sidelined Victor Wembanyama and Damian Lillard last season.