According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 Americans die each year from deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism.
Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in one of the larger, deeper veins. Pulmonary embolism occurs when part of the clot breaks off and migrates to the lungs.
The CDC say that medicines called anticoagulants, or blood thinners, are most commonly used to treat deep vein thrombosis. The name is a bit misleading, since the ...
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