Please review these resources for Health Professionals from our member organizations:
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Watch the video of the VDC's Second Annual Meeting where Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson issues the "Surgeon General's Call to Action for the Prevention of DVT and PE."
VTE Consumer Awareness Presentation - click here to download the .ppt file (file sizes are large and may take several minutes to download)
Download the new 2008 American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition) for Venous Thromboembolic Disease as published in CHEST, July 2008.
AHRQ VTE Guidelines: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement
American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline: Recommendations for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer
Journal of Vascular Surgery (Volume 49, Number 6) - Call to action to prevent venous thromboembolism
Society of Interventional Radiology Position Statement:
Treatment of Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis with Use of AdjunctiveCatheter-directed Intrathrombus Thrombolysis
National Alliance for Thrombosis and Thrombophilia (NATT) has a number of professional resources available on their Web site.