Deep venous thrombosis of the legs after strokes. Part I--incidence and predisposing factors.
Forty out of 76 patients (53%) who had suffered a cerebrovascular accident developed deep venous thrombosis of the paralysed leg, as detected with the 125I-fibrinogen technique. A further five also had thrombosis in the non-paralysed leg. A study of many predisposing risk factors provided no help either in elucidating the cause of venous thromboembolism or in identifying patients at risk of DVT as a complication of cerebrovascular accidents.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012146:Rest; D012306:Risk; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications