Make Sure to Move Around After Surgery: Jake’s Story

…surgical procedure. Also, please make sure you move around, as hard as it may be. Move. Resources Factor V Leiden Resources Hospitalization and Surgery Signs and Symptoms of Blood Clots…

Waiting Could Cost You Your Life: Helen’s Story

…disorders to help STOP BLOOD CLOTS! Take Home Messages: Surgery is a risk factor for blood clots Recently giving birth is a risk factor for blood clots 30% of people…

Afraid to Breathe: Samara’s Story

…a candidate for a vaginal birth after a C-section, due to the circumstances surrounding my first emergency section. I was a healthy, happy 29 year old mother of two after…

I Had to Figure Everything Out on My Own: Sue’s Story

…breathing. I could barely walk, but drove myself to the visit. My nurse practitioner ordered a prothrombin time test with INR and said I may be having a pulmonary embolism….

Clinical Trial Opportunity for Afib Patients Who Don’t Take an Anticoagulant

…is testing a monthly medication of a new type of anticoagulants …

How does fondaparinux work?

…site of the heparin molecule and is an even smaller molecule than …

Antithrombin Deficiency

…clots. People with AT deficiency are at increased risk for blood …

I Knew Nothing About Blood Clots: Shawna’s Story

…wasn’t on birth control, I had had any recent injuries or surgeries. A month or so later, I was diagnosed with factor II mutation. This knowledge changed the course of…

This Has Changed Me Forever: Scarlett’s Story

…have a genetic disorder called Factor-V Leiden, as well as two other gene mutations called Lupus Anticoagulant and MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase). There were signs long before this happened, but I…