Thromboembolism

Thromboembolism: Introduction

Thromboembolism: Lodgement of a blood clot causing blockage. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Thromboembolism is available below.

Symptoms of Thromboembolism

• Symptoms of peripheral embolism:
  • Paresthesias
  • Tingling
  • Numbness
  • Pain
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 18 symptoms of Thromboembolism

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Thromboembolism:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• Fatigue: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Anemia Tests
  • Home Thyroid Gland Function Tests
  • Home Adrenal Gland Function Tests
  • Home Calcium Deficiency Tests
  • Sleep Apnea Testing
  • Home HIV Tests
• Home Anemia Diagnostic Tests
• more tests...»

Thromboembolism: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Thromboembolism:

• Embolism
• Pulmonary embolism
• Brain embolism (type of Embolism)
• Leg embolism
• Kidney embolism
• Gastrointestinal embolism
• more complications...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Thromboembolism?

• Misdiagnosis of Thromboembolism
• Failure to diagnose Thromboembolism
• Hidden causes of Thromboembolism (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Thromboembolism

Thromboembolism: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Thromboembolism: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Thromboembolism: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Thromboembolism:

• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Thromboembolism: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Thromboembolism

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something...read more »

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed. Women with the condition tend to have ...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in...read more »

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Thromboembolism: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
  • Hematology (Blood Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
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• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Thromboembolism

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Thromboembolism:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Thromboembolism, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Thromboembolism: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Thromboembolism

• Thrombosis - a blood clot forming in a vein and then breaking off to lodge elsewhere is a common cause.
• Surgery
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Phlebothrombosis
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Thromboembolism:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Thromboembolism (3 listings)
• Underlying causes of Thromboembolism
• Thromboembolism as a complication caused by other conditions
• Thromboembolism as a symptom

Treatments for Thromboembolism

• Emergency hospitalization
• Surgery
• Bypass surgery
• Anticoagulants
• Aspirin
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Thromboembolism

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Patient Surveys for Thromboembolism

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• Survey about the symptoms of your Thromboembolism
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Reseach about Thromboembolism

Visit our research pages for current research about Thromboembolism treatments.

Clinical Trials for Thromboembolism

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Thromboembolism include:

• ThromboEmbolism Prevention Efficacy and Safety Trial (TEMPEST) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - SB-424323
• Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism (PREVENT) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - warfarin
• Combination Chemotherapy Plus Warfarin in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - docetaxel,doxorubicin,estramustine,ketoconazole,warfarin
• Flavopiridol in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - aspirin,clopidogrel bisulfate,flavopiridol
• Gemcitabine With or Without Dalteparin in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - dalteparin,gemcitabine hydrochloride
• more trials...»

See full list of 87 Clinical Trials for Thromboembolism

Prevention of Thromboembolism

Prevention information for Thromboembolism has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Thromboembolism.

• Anticoagulants before any surgery
• Anticoagulants after any surgery
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Thromboembolism

• Medical statistics for Thromboembolism
• Death and Mortality statistics for Thromboembolism
• Society statistics for Thromboembolism

Thromboembolism: Broader Related Topics

• Artery conditions
• Blood vessel conditions
• Embolism
• more types...»

Types of Thromboembolism

Types of Thromboembolism

• Pulmonary thromboembolism - blood clot in the lungs
• more types...»

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Stories from Users Related to Thromboembolism

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User Interactive Forums

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Definitions of Thromboembolism:

Obstruction of a vessel by a blood clot that has been transported from a distant site by the blood stream. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus - (Source - WordNet 2.1)