O’Sullivan is an interventional radiologist — a physician who specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. In mid-March at the Society of Interventional Radiology scientific meeting in ...

When a blood clot forms in a vein deep inside your body, it causes what doctors call deep vein thrombosis (DVT). You may have DVT if you notice that one limb is swollen, painful, warm, and red. Other ...

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% ...

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

Seven-time NBA All-Star Damian Lillard, 34, recently joined a growing list of NBA athletes to be sidelined by a diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis, or DVT. The Milwaukee Bucks player joins Victor ...

Thrombosis occurs when one or more blood clots develop in a blood vessel or the heart. A thrombus (clot) forms when blood cells stick together when they shouldn’t. A clot can grow large enough to stop ...

Several factors can increase a person’s risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) development. Examples include injury to the veins, hormonal changes, reduced blood flow, certain health conditions, and more.

Medical experts warn that long periods of sitting during road trips or flights can significantly raise the risk of developing ...

Leg pain affects nearly everyone at some point, ranging from routine muscle soreness after exercise to the occasional cramp that resolves quickly. This commonplace nature makes it easy to dismiss leg ...

A study presented today shows that a combination of clot busting drugs infused directly into the clot is an effective interventional radiology technique to treat deep vein thrombosis by breaking up ...

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 ...