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If a patient has a dvt they are on hepain to prevent the continued formation of the clot......how is the present clot treated/cured?
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Statement: The Heparin prevents further clotting and the body's intrinsic thrombolytic system dissolves and absorbs the existing clot over a variable time frame.
Answered 2/27/2017
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Blood clot: Anticoagulation therapy does not dissolve the clot but thins out the blood and prevent clot moving forward and potential pulmonary embolism Over time the body will resolve the clot and in most it resolves
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