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Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel or cavity of the heart.
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Reviewed March 2009
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
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Links to information on deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which is sometimes referred to as "economy class syndrome".
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Surgery versus thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Thrombolysis involves dissolving a blood clot by injecting an enzyme into the blood clot. It is used as an alternative to surgery for managing severely reduced blood flow (acute ischaemia) in the leg. A blood clot (thrombosis) forms in a leg blood vesse...
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Feb 2009
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Travel tips for seniors
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Better Health Channel
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Older people should plan any travel carefully. Make sure pre-existing medical conditions are well managed. Organise travel insurance with pre-existing illness cover if needed and take enough of your regular medication to last the entire trip. Coronary heart disease, obesity and sitting still for extended periods of time are known risk factors for the development of blood clots in the veins of the legs or deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
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Sep 2008
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Antiplatelet agents for preventing thrombosis after peripheral arterial bypass surgery
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in people with atherosclerosis can present as intermittent claudication, disabling pain on walking, or as critical limb ischaemia with pain at rest, ulceration, gangrene and the risk of losing a leg. One treatment...
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Feb 2008
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Heparin versus placebo for acute coronary syndromes
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Blood clots in the arteries leading to the heart can cause acute coronary syndromes: unstable angina (a feeling of tightness in the chest) or a type of heart attack (non-ST segment myocardial infarction - NSTEMI). Drugs that prevent clots from forming (...
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Jan 2008
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Bed rest in hospital for suspected impaired fetal growth
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Too little evidence from trials to show whether hospital bed rest for pregnant women has a beneficial effect on the unborn baby's growth....
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Oct 2007
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Diagnostic tests: the diagnosis of recurrent deep venous thrombosis
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Australian Prescriber
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Duplex ultrasound is the preferred investigation for the diagnosis of initial and recurrent deep venous thrombosis.The contralateral leg should be scanned when thrombosis is diagnosed as it is bilateral in 30% of cases.
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Apr 2007
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Infusion techniques for peripheral arterial thrombolysis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Clot busting drugs are effective at restoring blood flow in blocked leg arteries. Intravenous infusion (injection into veins) causes more haemorrhagic complications (risk of serious bleeding) than injection into arteries (arterial infusion). Acute reduc...
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Feb 2006
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Duration of treatment with vitamin K antagonists in symptomatic venous thromboembolism
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurs when a blood clot is formed in a deep vein or when it detaches itself and lodges in the lung vessels. These clots can be fatal if the blood flow to the heart is blocked. Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are given to people...
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Oct 2005
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Triflusal for preventing serious vascular events in people at high risk
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Triflusal is not clearly better than aspirin for preventing serious vascular events such as strokes, heart attacks and deaths from vascular disease. Triflusal and aspirin are drugs that prevent blood clots forming. When blood clots form in arteries and ...
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Feb 2005
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The vascular effects of COX-2 selective inhibitors
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Australian Prescriber
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The COX-2 selective inhibitors can increase blood pressure, induce or worsen cardiac failure and impair kidney function to the point of renal failure.
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Dec 2004
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