Anticoagulants are therefore very effective for prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism, and drugs that suppress platelet function are of less benefit.
Findings indicate that the risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) approximately doubles after travel lasting four hours or more.
However, even though anti-clotting drugs prevent the majority of cases of clots, called venous thromboembolism, they don't reduce the rate of death among patients, according to a second study.
A blood clot in a vein is called a venous thromboembolism (or VTE).
