Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2025

Humans and mice exposed to long-wavelength red light had lower rates of blood clots that can cause heart attacks, lung damage and strokes, according to research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC surgeon-scientists and published today in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A gut microbial metabolite called 2-methylbutyrylcarnitine (2MBC) plays a role in exacerbating thrombosis—the formation of blood clots—researchers report February 23 in the journal Cell Metabolism.

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CTVS

MARCH 17, 2024

It’s hard to believe that every six minutes someone dies from a blood clot here in the United States. Blood clots are gel-like masses that form inside your arteries or veins anywhere in the body.

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Know Your Heart

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Deep Vein Thrombosis What is deep vein thrombosis? Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep-lying vein, usually in the legs. Such a clot is dangerous because the clot may break loose, travel through your bloodstream, and block arteries in your lungs, causing permanent damage or death.

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DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

As an alternative therapeutic option, LVAD heart pumps have been implanted to help patients with end-stage heart failure sustain blood circulation in the body. However, there are shortcomings associated with LVAD implantation: complications include infection, blood clotting (thrombosis), stroke and bleeding.

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CardiacWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

An IVC filter is a small device that helps stop blood clots from going up into the lungs and is usually surgically inserted. Patients who didn’t have their IVC filters removed had significant rates of filter-related complications (1.4%), caval thrombosis (2.2%), DVT hospital visits (9.2%), and new deep vein thrombosis (21.2%).

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DAIC

JUNE 12, 2024

Impacting 25 million people globally [1], deep venous disease results from venous thromboembolism, a condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in the vein [2]. Current and future burden of venous thrombosis: Not simply predictable. It is the third most common cardiovascular disease [2]. J Thromb Haemost 2014; 12: 1580–90.

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