Angiology: Open Access
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Mohammed M Wahman

Publications

• Research Article
  Incidence and Frequency of Vascular Events in Oncology Patients in Qena University Hospital
  Author(s): Walid M Gamal* and Mohammed M WahmanWalid M Gamal* and Mohammed M Wahman
  
  Objective: To detect the incidence and frequency of vascular events as deep venous thrombosis (DVT), venous thromboembolism (VTE) and arterial thrombosis in cancer patients admitted to Qena University Hospital. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 2500 cancer patients from July 2013 to January 2017 and patients were classified into two groups, the venous group and the arterial group according to patient clinical presentation. These patients with VTE were treated with injectable enoxaparin 1 mg/kg/day for 5-7 days, followed by warfarin 4-6 months or longer and in those with arterial thrombosis causing leg ischemia, trial surgical thrombectomy was done in 2 patients and 2 have undergone percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and 1 has undergone surgical bypass but soon thrombosed on day 10th postoperative, about 6 pa.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9495.1000197

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