Deep vein and isolated calf muscle vein thrombosis following long-haul flights: pilot study
| Autor: | Gabriele Siegert, K Langenberg, Jan Beyer, Sebastian Schellong, H E Schroeder, Siegmund Gehrisch, Kai Halbritter, W. Oettler, Thomas Schwarz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Aircraft Deep vein Pilot Projects Asymptomatic Risk Factors medicine Humans Prospective Studies Risk factor Vein Muscle Skeletal Aged Ultrasonography Venous Thrombosis Leg Travel business.industry Vascular disease Thrombosis Hematology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Vein thrombosis medicine.anatomical_structure Calf muscle Case-Control Studies Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Blood coagulationfibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis. 13(8) |
| ISSN: | 0957-5235 |
| Popis: | The risk of venous thromboembolism associated with long-haul flights is the subject of controversy. In a prospective, controlled study, we examined 160 passengers before and after return from a long-haul flight and 160 age-matched and sex-matched, non-travelling volunteers using venous compression ultrasound. Deep vein thrombosis was not observed in either group. Isolated calf muscle vein thrombosis (ICMVT) was present in 4/160 (2.5%) flight passengers and in 1/160 (0.6%) controls. All subjects with ICMVT were clinically asymptomatic, and ICMVT was located in the soleal muscle veins in all four subjects. Three of the four passengers with ICMVT had other risk factors for thrombosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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