What is Deep Vein Thrombosis DVT
Deep-vein thrombosis, also known as deep-venous thrombosis or DVT, is the formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. It commonly affects the leg veins, such as the femo...
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Does anyone know once diagnoised with DVT, what is the norm of DVT turning into PE?
Posted on 11/06/09, 01:11 am |
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I'm no doc, but I will tell you what my pulmonologist told me when I was diagnosed with DVT. He said there was still a small chance (1-2%) that I would develop PE after treatment started, but he had never had a patient die from PE once anti-coagulated treatment started, in over 15 years of practice.
I read a stat online that said 3% of the time untreated DVT results in fatal PE. Since anti-coagulants greatly reduces the chances of embolism, the chance for fatal PE would be far less than 3%. 
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