OBJECTIVE To assess the safety of using single complete compression ultrasonography in pregnant and postpartum women to rule out deep vein thrombosis. DESIGN Prospective outcome study. SETTING Two tertiary care centres and 18 private practices specialising in vascular medicine in France and Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS 226 pregnant and postpartum women referred for suspected deep vein thromb...

PURPOSE To study the incidence of deep vein thrombosis in Indian patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty with or without prophylaxis, and the effect of enoxaparin on deep vein thrombosis. METHODS The study covered a total of 50 hips in 40 patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty. Patients were assessed for deep vein thrombosis using Doppler ultrasonography. The hips were numbered and ...

Pulmonary embolism is considered to originate from embolization of a deep-vein thrombosis, resulting in two manifestations of one disease: venous thrombosis. However, in up to 50% of patients with pulmonary embolism no deep-vein thrombosis is found with ultrasonography. An explanation for this low proportion is currently lacking. Other imaging modalities may increase the yield of detection of d...

RATIONALE Immune cells play an important role during the generation and resolution of thrombosis. T cells are powerful regulators of immune and nonimmune cell function, however, their role in sterile inflammation in venous thrombosis has not been systematically examined. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the recruitment, activation, and inflammatory activity of T cells in deep vein thrombosis...

A 46-year-old woman with a history of abnormal vaginal bleeding and who was taking oral contraceptive pills presented to the emergency department complaining of pain in her upper and lower extremities. Three weeks previously, she had experienced pain and swelling in her left lower extremity. Ten days previously, she had experienced left neck pain and facial swelling, but the symptoms disappeare...