A recording is available of a World Thrombosis Day patient education webinar held on October 13, 2014. In this 1 hour video presented by Dr. Stephan Moll, a hematologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, you will learn more about issues faced by patients following diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Topics include:
- How blood clots are treated
- How long to be on blood thinners (anticoagulants)
- Choices of oral blood thinners and new alternatives available
- How to manage long-term complications such as leg swelling and pain, shortness of breath and chest pain.
- How to minimize the risk for future clots.
The video can be found at: http://acforum.org/webinars_recent.htm
In a webinar recorded November 16, 2011, Dr. Stephan Moll, hematologist with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses "DVT and PE: What Patients Need to Know".
Topics include: the difference between clots which form in an artery versus the vein, how clots are formed, risk factors for arterial and venous clots, differences in treatment and medication for arterial and venous clots. DVT and PE.
Part 4 discusses treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Topics include: treatment options such as IV heparin, low-molecular weight heparin injection, oral anticoagulants (blood thinners) such as warfarin (Coumadin), emerging new oral anticoagulants.
Part 5 discusses considerations in how long to treat a patients with blood thinners (anticoagulation).