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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) : Treatments

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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Application of Elastic stockings
  • bed rest
  • Intermittent compression therapy

Treatments Overview Articles

Deep venous thrombosis
DVT treatment helps prevent a pulmonary embolus from forming and helps prevent another DVT. For years, the standard treatment has been a medication called heparin to stop blood clots from forming (anticoagulant. It results in quick anticoagulation...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 7, 2008
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis can be treated with drug therapy, bed rest, and gradient elastic stockings. Medications include anticoagulants that "thin" blood to prevent further growth of blood clots, as well as clot-dissolving drugs. Heparin is a common i...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Treatments Articles

Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs
Anticoagulants are drugs used to prevent clot formation or to prevent a clot that has formed from enlarging. They inhibit clot formation by blocking the action of clotting factors or platelets.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs
Anticoagulants are drugs used to prevent clot formation or to prevent a clot that has formed from enlarging. They inhibit clot formation by blocking the action of clotting factors or platelets.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Thrombolytic therapy
Thrombolytic therapy involves the use of drugs that break up or dissolve blood clots, which are the main cause of both heart attacks and stroke. These drugs, of which tPA is the most commonly used, mimic the function of natural tissue plasminogen activator (TPA).
Source:ADAM
Date:May 19, 2008
Thrombolytic Therapy
Thrombolytic therapy is the use of drugs that dissolve blood clots. Purpose When a blood clot forms in a blood vessel, it may cut off or severely reduce blood flow to parts of the body that are served by that blood vessel.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Peripheral Arterial Thrombolysis
Peripheral Arterial ThrombolysisIf a blood clot forms in an artery in the leg or arm, blood flow to the limb can be blocked, resulting in severe pain and death of tissue in the limb.Peripheral arterial thrombolysisis a procedure to dissolve a bloo...
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Thrombolytic Therapy
Thrombolytic therapy is the use of drugs that dissolve blood clots. The name " thrombolytic " comes from two Greek words that mean " clot " and " loosening.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Peripheral Venous Thrombolysis
Peripheral Venous ThrombolysisA blood clot that forms in a vein in the leg or arm can block blood flow and cause swelling and pain. In certain cases, the clot may break off and travel to the lungs(pulmonary embolism).This can be fatal.Peripheral v...
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
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