Gary E. Raskob, Nick van Es, Peter Verhamme, Marc Carrier et al.
BACKGROUND: Low-molecular-weight heparin is the standard treatment for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism. The role of treatment with direct oral anticoagulant agents is unclear. METHODS: In this open-label, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned patients with cancer who had acute symptoma...
F. Gerry R. Fowkes, C. J. Evans, Amanda Lee
Venous disease in the legs occurs very commonly in the general population in Western countries. Around one third of women have trunk varices. A lower prevalence has been observed in men but some recent surveys have suggested that the occurrence in men may be comparable to that in women. The prevalen...
Vlad C. Vasile, Amy K. Saenger, Jean M Kroning, Allan S. Jaffe
BACKGROUND: High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays will augment the frequency of increased results, making important the determination of reference change values to distinguish acute from chronic increases. We assessed short- and long-term biological variability of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in hea...
Md. Ramjan Ali, Mohammad Salim Hossain, Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Saiful Islam Arman et al.
Thrombolytic therapy, also known as clot busting drug, is a breakthrough treatment which has saved untold lives. It has been used in the clinical area to treat venous and arterial thromboembolic complaints which are a foremost cause of death. In 1761, Morgagni lead the way of thrombolytic therapy. N...
Charles E. Spritzer, James J. Norconk, H. Dirk Sostman, R. Edward Coleman
Objective To determine the accuracy of gradient recalled echo magnetic resonance imaging in assessing deep venous thrombosis. Design This is a retrospective review of a prospective clinical experience in 216 consecutive patients studied using gradient recalled echo magnetic resonance imaging. Sixtee...
Luke Ogonda, Janet Hill, E. Doran, J Dennison et al.
AIMS: The aim of this study was to present data on 11 459 patients who underwent total hip (THA), total knee (TKA) or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) between November 2002 and April 2014 with aspirin as the primary agent for pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analy...
Christen Ravn, Jeroen Neyt, Natividad Benito, Miguel Araújo Abreu et al.
This clinical guideline is intended for use by orthopedic surgeons and physicians who care for patients with possible or documented septic arthritis of a native joint (SANJO). It includes evidence and opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with SANJO.
Gary E. Raskob, Harry R. Büller, Martin H. Prins, Annelise Segers et al.
Background New oral anticoagulants may simplify long-term therapy by eliminating the need for laboratory monitoring. Edoxaban is an oral, direct inhibitor of factor Xa that is given in a fixed dose once daily. Objective and methods The Hokusai-VTE study is a randomized, double-blind trial to evaluat...
Julio C. Furlan, Michael G. Fehlings
STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVE: To examine the evidence to support practice guidelines for screening for DVT in asymptomatic adults with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who undergo pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Despite the fact that pharmacologic ...
Charles McCollum, Glenda Kenchington, Christine Alexander, Peter Franks et al.
Despite wide clinical experience the choice between human umbilical vein (HUV) or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) when the saphenous vein is inadequate remains unclear. In a multi-centre trial of 801 femoro-popliteal bypasses, autogenous vein could not be used in 252 (31%), of which 191 were randomis...
Philip Bennett, Stanley Silverman, Paramjit Gill, Gregory Y.H. Lip
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an important healthcare problem and is an indicator of widespread atherosclerosis in other vascular territories, such as the cerebral and coronary circulations. PAD is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Most population-based studies investigati...
Tatjana Potpara, Gheorghe‐Andrei Dan, Elina Trendafilova, Artan Goda et al.
Data on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the Balkan Region are limited. The Serbian AF Association (SAFA) prospectively investigated contemporary 'real-world' AF management in clinical practice in Albania, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia through a 1...
Mahbubur Rahman, Abdus Samad Chowdhury, Tsuguya Fukui, Kenji Hira et al.
BACKGROUND: In addition to cigarettes, bidi, made of unprocessed and low-grade tobacco, is being smoked widely in Bangladesh and in other south Asian countries. The cause-and-effect relationship is established between thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) and smoking. However, type of smoking material(s)...
Redoy Ranjan, Gie Ken‐Dror, Pankaj Sharma
Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare cause of stroke in young mostly female adults which is frequently overlooked due to its variable clinical and radiological presentation. This review summarizes current knowledge on it risk factors, management and outcome in adults and highlights areas for future ...
A.K.M. Monwarul Islam, Lima Asrin Sayami, Shahana Zaman
The Chiari network is mobile, net-like structures occasionally seen in right atrium near the opening of inferior vena cava and coronary sinus. This is usually of no clinical significance and is often diagnosed incidentally. However, sometimes it may cause diagnostic confusion with right atrial patho...