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Angiology
Neovascularization prevails in acute venous thrombosis
November 18th, 2005
Neovascularization prevails in acute venous thrombosis. "The aim of this study was to describe the phenomenon of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) formation in venous thrombus. Patients referred to the vascular laboratory for evaluation for deep venous thrombosis were included," scientists writing in the Journal of Vascular Surgery report. "Duplex ultrasound scanning was used to detect flow within the thrombus. The flow patterns and the resistivity index were obtained in the veins above/proximal and below/distal to the thrombus, in the adjacent arteries, and within the perivenous vessels," said N. Labropoulos and colleagues, University of Medicine...
Source: Drug Week (2005-11-18)
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