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. 1976 May 15;1(6019):1181–1183. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6019.1181

Deep venous thrombosis of the legs after strokes: Part 2-Natural history.

C Warlow, D Ogston, A S Douglas
PMCID: PMC1639765  PMID: 1268615

Abstract

Seven out of 76 patients who had sustained a cerebrovascular accident suffered a pulmonary embolism as diagnosed at necropsy or by unequivocal antemortem criteria. A further five patients had probable embolisation diagnosed only by clinical and chest x-ray criteria. Eleven of these 12 patients had DVT as diagnosed by the 125I-fibrinogen technique. Though 125I-fibrinogen technique has its limitations, thrombosis seemed to be able to develop at several independent sites in the venous system of the leg.

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