The main goal of DVT treatment is to stop a blood clot from breaking loose and traveling to the lungs, a condition called pulmonary embolism (PE). This can block blood flow to the lungs and cause ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 47-year-old woman. Five years ago, I developed a blood clot in my left leg after fracturing my ankle and being immobilized for several months. I was put on a blood thinner, and ...

Anybody can develop a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). It's a serious public health issue. But some are more likely to get this clot – or even die from it – than others due to differences in treatment.

New treatment may revolutionize care for patients with deep vein thrombosis; $10M National Institutes of Health ATTRACT study to determine if drug-device technique can prevent post-thrombotic syndrome ...

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 ...

The majority of patients with DVT develop it in their lower extremities and that leads to a painful condition known as post-thrombotic syndrome in approximately half of all patients. Post-thrombotic ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InterVene, Inc., a clinical-stage medical device company dedicated to developing interventional solutions for chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), announced today ...