effort thrombosis
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A blood clot that forms within a vessel—e.g., an axillary vein—of a muscle group which was subjected to strenuous exercise. Effort thrombosis may also occur in thoracic outlet syndromeSegen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
effort thrombosis
Paget-Schroetter syndrome A blood clot that forms within a vessel–eg axillary vein of a muscle group–which was subjected to strenuous exercise; ET may also occur in thoracic outlet syndrome, see there. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
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Effort thrombosis of the axillary and subclavian veins," Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol.
Effort thrombosis of the upper extremity in a young sportsman: Paget-Schroetter syndrome.
Need for emergency treatment in subclavian vein
effort thrombosis. J Am Coll Surg 1995;181(5):414-420.
It should be noted that these reports of lower extremity DVT in endurance athletes are distinct from the belter understood
effort thrombosis of the upper extremity occasionally observed in young athletes (known as Paget-Schroetter syndrome), where repetitive upper arm movements induce microtrauma of the venous intima and thrombus formation in the axillary-subclavian vein (7), (8).
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