Study design: A report of a male subject who sustained paraplegia at T-5 level due to spinal cord injury (SCI) 18 years ago, and in whom, occlusion of the left common iliac vein by a distended bladder ...

Although the formation of collaterals is classically regarded as a compensatory mechanism to bypass and thus alleviate an obstruction, the mechanism and inducement of collateral formation are unknown.

A 43-year-old woman presented to the emergency department after 2 days of pain and swelling in her left thigh. She had no recent immobilization, trauma or surgery, nor a previous or family history of ...

THE interruption of deep venous pathways in the treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism has come to be a generally accepted surgical procedure. The preferred sites for division when deep venous ...

FOR the years 1944 and 1945, an average of 1 to 3 patients died each month at the United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, as a result of pulmonary embolism. The diagnosis in 17 of these ...

Women who use the standard form of birth control pill may have a much higher than average risk of dangerous blood clots if they also have a vein malformation seen in a quarter of the population, ...

NEW YORK—Women who use the standard form of birth control pill may have a much higher than average risk of dangerous blood clots if they also have a vein malformation seen in a quarter of the ...