Long Distant Air Flights Increases Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis 4X
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) the preeminent authority on cardiovascular health re-affirms its warning to passengers on long-haul plane trips of the risk of deep venous thrombosis or VTE. The warning from ESC comes on the heels of a recent review by The Lancet that suggests that the risk of VTE increases when flight duration exceeds four hours.