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Health Encyclopedia: Deep Venous Thrombosis
DVT; Blood clot in the legs
Treatment
Treatment of DVT is intended to prevent the development of a pulmonary embolus and to preventanother DVT.
For years, the standard treatment has been an anticoagulant medication called heparin, which was given through the vein. This results in very quick anticoagulation and treatment of the clot. Along with heparin an oral medication called warfarin is given.
Warfarin usually takes several days to becom...
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