Ottawa, ON - Performing a D-dimer test in addition to clinical assessment of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) simplifies diagnosis of the disorder, a new randomized study has shown.

Barcelona, Spain: If doctors in hospital emergency departments are trained to carry out ultrasound on patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), they can nearly halve the time the patients ...

Conducting serial compression ultrasonography with Doppler imaging of the iliac vein over the course of 7 days can rule out deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in symptomatic pregnant women, according to a ...

The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may help dissolve blood clots in less time than using clot-busting drugs alone, according to researchers at Emory University. “These clots ...

An analysis of previous studies suggests that for patients with a suspected blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, withholding anticoagulation therapy after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound is ...

Ultrasound is the most common technique for detecting a widespread cardiovascular condition: blood clots in the leg, otherwise known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). But there’s a little known — yet ...

Adding intravascular ultrasound energy does not improve the efficacy of catheter-directed thrombolysis therapy in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a randomized ...

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FLORENCE — Japanese surgeons identified a 21% rate of deep venous thrombosis in patients after double-bundle arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. “The incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients ...

At the Vascular Diagnostic and Imaging Laboratory, our vascular sonographers use specialized equipment to examine the arteries and veins throughout the body. Our lab is a full-service clinical ...