An IVC filter helps stop blood clots from reaching your lungs. It prevents pulmonary embolisms. The filter is placed inside your vein to trap any clots.

A pulmonary embolism occurs when a clot in another part of the body (often leg or arm) moves through your veins to the lung. Pulmonary embolism is the third-most common heart and blood vessel ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) isn’t just a potential side effect of flying. This is everything you need to know about this ...

The jugular veins allow blood to move from the head to the superior vena cava, the largest vein in the upper body. The superior vena cava then transports the blood to the heart and lungs.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced in late March that star guard Damian Lillard has deep vein thrombosis in his right calf — a ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in one of the deep veins of the body, usually ...