We report a 36-year-old woman with a 1-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus who was admitted with acute onset of dyspnea and chest pain. She presented with a classic medical history of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, including spontaneous abortion, deep venous thrombosis, and clinical manifestations of lupus activation. The differential diagnosis was made after a detailed history an...

BACKGROUND There is widespread concern that laparoscopic procedures that are usually performed under general anesthesia, using muscle relaxation, in a reverse Trendelenberg position and with pneumoperitoneum, may lead to venous stasis in lower limbs. OBJECTIVE To evaluate perioperative changes in the venous system and determine the frequency of deep venous thrombosis associated with minimally...

AIM Lower extremity deep venous thrombosis in the young adult is uncommon and has not been well studied in the literature. The aim of this study is to define risk factors for deep venous thrombosis among patients younger than 50 years of age, to compare them with a control group, and to suggest recommendations for the management and treatment of venous thrombosis in this particular group of pat...

Venous thrombosis which mainly manifests as deep vein thrombosis of the leg or pulmonary embolism occurs in 1 per 1000 per year. It occurs due to interacting genetic, environmental and behavioral risk factors. The strongest risk factors are certain types of surgery and malignancies. Over the last decade many new risk factors for venous thrombosis have been identified. Venous thrombosis has a hi...

Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are collectively called venous thromboembolism (VTE) and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and Europe. March is deep vein thrombosis awareness month in the United States, and each year Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology marks this event with a series of reviews on VTE. This year we have 3 excellent artic...

This is a challenging case of an elderly female patient, 86 years old that has been diagnosed with delirium superimposed on depression (DSD). This frustrated patient developed DSD in parallel with venous thrombosis (VT) of her right leg. Venous thrombosis was initially superficial, affecting the Great Saphenous Vein (GSV), that later progressed into Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT), which was confi...

Low-dose heparin, dipyridamole (alone and in combination with aspirin), and flurbiprofen were evaluated as potential prophylactic agents against deep venous thrombosis in elderly patients with hip fractures. None of the agents that modify platelet behaviour could reduct the frequency of isotopically diagnosed venous thrombosis. Low-dose heparin reduced the overall frequency of venous thrombosis...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Two-point compression ultrasonography focuses on the evaluation of common femoral and popliteal veins for complete compressibility. The presence of isolated thrombi in proximal veins other than the common femoral and popliteal veins should prompt modification of 2-point compression technique. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and distribution of deep ven...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and characteristics of sonographically evident upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic Chinese patients and identify its associated risk factors. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Data on patients undergoing upper-extremity venous sonography examinations during a 13-year period from November 1999 to October 2012 were retrieved....