- Posted by on May 17th, 2008 filed in Medicine News
SATURDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) — Organizers have expanded and
updated a free national screening program to assess Americans' risk for
dangerous blood clots in the legs that can travel to the heart and lungs.
The National Venous Screening Program has grown from 17 to 158 centers
in 43 states and is expected to screen and educate an estimated 4,000
people about venous disease. The program, now in its second year, is
administered by the American Venous Forum.
Details about the program were to be presented in Baltimore on June 9
at the annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery.
“The two main reasons people came to be screened were because it was
free or they indicated that they had varicose veins,” Dr. Robert B.
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“When assessing the risk of developing a dangerous blood clot in the
leg if a person was put in the medicine news
conducive situation: 8 percent
were at low risk; 35 percent, moderate risk; 33 percent, high risk; and 24
percent, very high risk,” he said.
People with a high or very high risk are most likely to develop blood
clots that can travel to the heart and lungs.
“By educating people about their potential risk, we empower them to
impart this information to their physician who can then medicine news
certain
prophylactic measures to prevent potential death and serious disability,”
McLafferty said.
More information
The Society of Interventional Radiology has more about vascular diseases.
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