The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis may help dissolve blood clots in less time than using clot-busting drugs alone, according to researchers. The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein ...

Researchers have developed a new surgical tool that uses low-frequency intravascular ultrasound to break down blood clots that cause deep vein thrombosis. The tool is the first ultrasound 'drill' that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several diagnostic strategies using ultrasound imaging, measurement of D-dimer, and assessment of clinical probability of disease have proved safe in patients with suspected deep-vein thrombosis, but ...

JENKINTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The summer travel season is here, and with it, many long plane and car trips. Those raise the risk of DVT, deep vein thrombosis or blood clots in the legs. However, knowing ...

Openwater has developed a low-intensity focused ultrasound device that might one day noninvasively disrupt microclots in long ...

April 24, 2012 — A single ultrasound test may rule out a diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in pregnant and postpartum women, for whom accuracy of diagnosis is critical but sometimes difficult to ...

A condition called DVT (deep vein thrombosis) occurs when a blood clot (a thrombus) forms in the deep leg vein or pelvis, often from prolonged sitting while flying or having a sedentary lifestyle.