When that happens, you may be at risk for deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, when a blood clot forms in a vein, usually deep inside your leg. Your veins don't just rely on your heartbeat to force blood ...

For example, for coronary thrombosis, a delay in treatment increases the mortality rate. If you develop a blood clot in your heart, you will need to follow up with a cardiologist regularly.

Blood clots, or thrombosis, especially in the legs (DVT), pose serious health risks. Extended inactivity, trauma, medical conditions, and hormonal factors are key contributors. Taller people have ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously ...

Tumors can drive thrombosis by releasing chemokines, secreted proteins that can circulate to the lung. This image of a lung sample shows how immune cells called macrophages release small vesicles ...