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Can i get a dvt if i take anticoagulants on a long flight?

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Dr. Liviu Klein answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Unlikely: If you are taking prophylactic doses of low molecular weight Heparin or therapeutic doses of oral anticoagulants, the risk of deep vein thrombosis is close to zero.

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Answered 6/25/2014

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