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Deep venous thrombosis (or DVT) is the occlusion of a deep vein by a blood clot ("thrombus"). It generally affects the leg veins, such as the femoral vein or the popliteal vein, or occasionally the veins of the arm ("Paget-von Schroetter syndrome"). Thrombophlebitis is the more general class of pathologies of this kind. 
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A drug that prevents blood from clotting. It belongs to the family of drugs called anticoagulants (blood thinners).
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Deep Vein Thrombosis as related to Warfarin
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT): Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
To treat your deep vein thrombosis, your doctor will likely prescribe you an anticoagulant. Heparin and Warfarin are anticoagulants used in DVT treatment.
- Deep Vein Thrombosis - All Sections (printer-friendly)
... Deep Vein Thrombosis ... Warfarin Prevents Recurrence of Blood Clots—NHLBI Stops Study (NIH press release, February 24, 2003) Non-NHLBI Resources. Deep Vein Thrombosis ...
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Deep venous thrombosis
Deep venous thrombosis is a condition in which a blood clot forms in a vein that is deep inside the body. ... also may get an oral medication called warfarin ...
- Deep Vein Thrombosis: Treatment for DVT
If you've been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, you have treatment options. ... Warfarin: As a DVT treatment, you take warfarin (Coumadin) by pill once a day ...
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT): Venous Disorders: Merck Manual Home ...
People who have had two or more episodes of deep vein thrombosis should continue warfarin Some Trade Names COUMADIN indefinitely. Use of warfarin Some Trade Names
- Deep vein thrombosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deep-vein thrombosis (also known as deep-venous thrombosis or DVT and colloquially as economy class ... week) of heparin treatment while they start on a 3- to 6-month course of warfarin (or ...
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Blood Clots: Anticoagulant Treatment
... deep vein thrombosis, with or without pulmonary embolism, when administered in conjunction with warfarin sodium; the outpatient treatment of acute deep vein thrombosis ...
- Deep Vein Thrombosis-Treatment Overview
... main goals of treatment for deep vein thrombosis ... Deep vein thrombosis is usually treated with anticoagulant medicines: heparin and warfarin (such as Coumadin)
- Deep vein thrombosis » Vein Treatment
... the blood changes from a liquid to a solid state thereby producing a clot. Deep vein thrombosis ... prevent pulmonary embolism, and anticoagulation treatment with heparin and warfarin ...
- Health Information
Deep vein thrombosis is usually treated with anticoagulant medications: heparin and warfarin (such as Coumadin). Heparin is given through a vein (intravenously, or IV ...
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