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…
The most important abstracts relating to thrombosis and thrombophilia from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, Dec 5-8, 2009
…of pelvic veins from adipose tissue. The study presented as …
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…