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% ...

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 ...

Thrombectomy and thrombolysis are two medical procedures doctors use to treat blood clots. The one you need will depend on your circumstances. Share on Pinterest Aleksandr Zyablitskiy/Getty Images The ...

DOACs are a newer class of anticoagulants that are more targeted and work faster than traditional options. They also don’t require frequent monitoring and have fewer dietary restrictions. Direct oral ...

Here’s what blood clots are, how they’re typically treated and what they actually feel and look like so you can know when it's time to worry.

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

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 ...

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 ...