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Device May Reduce Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis Among Patients With Stroke


 

—Sara Freeman
IMNG Medical News

Suggested Reading

CLOTS (Clots in Legs Or sTockings after Stroke) Trials Collaboration. Effectiveness of intermittent pneumatic compression in reduction of risk of deep vein thrombosis in patients who have had a stroke (CLOTS 3): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2013 May 30 [Epub ahead of print].

CLOTS Trials Collaboration, Dennis M, Sandercock P, et al. The effect of graduated compression stockings on long-term outcomes after stroke: the CLOTS trials 1 and 2. Stroke. 2013;44(4):1075-1079.

Turpie AG, Hull RD, Schellong SM, et al. Venous thromboembolism risk in ischemic stroke patients receiving extended-duration enoxaparin prophylaxis: results from the EXCLAIM study. Stroke. 2013;44(1):249-251.

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