Anticoagulation therapy (eg, low-molecular-weight heparin daily) should be started promptly for upper extremity deep-vein thrombosis, with catheter-directed thrombolysis considered for severe cases.

That's upper extremity DVT. Causes. DVT in both the upper and lower body can happen to almost anyone at any age and for many reasons. For example, your vein could have been damaged by an injury or ...

Upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis is less prevalent than lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis (0.19 vs 0.96 per 100,000 hospitalizations), but the outcomes are worse, Dr Williams reported.

THE term "varicose veins" customarily suggests, immediately, and almost exclusively, abnormal dilatations and tortuosities of the saphenous veins of the lower extremity. If one then stops to reflec ...

A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein deep inside your body. Learn more about DVT of the upper extremity.

Pulmonary embolism from upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and the role of superior vena cava filters: a review of the literature. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010;21:779-787. Crossref.

Paget–Schroetter syndrome occurs as a result of an anatomic abnormality (congenital or acquired) at the costoclavicular junction, which leads to compression of the subclavian vein.1 Compression is ...