"Approximately 10% of all cases of ...DVT involve the upper extremities, resulting in an annual incidence of 0.4 to 1 case per 10,000 people," writes Nils Kucher, MD, from the Departments of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For patients with deep vein thrombosis, mortality rates and the prevalence of hemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism are significantly higher when the upper extremities are ...