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What's the ratio of a dvt from a leg ending up in the lung of the same side vs. in the opposite side?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

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There shouldn't: be any difference, because the leg veins of both legs drain into the same common vein...the inferior vena cava.

Answered 1/30/2019

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A member asked:

What's the ratio of a dvt from a leg ending up in the lung of the same side vs. in the opposite side?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

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