Open AccessSIDE AND SITE OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS IN WOMEN USING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
Author(s) -
Kierkegaard AsbjöRn
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348509155155
Subject(s) - medicine , pill , deep vein , thrombosis , estrogen , thrombus , family planning , pathogenesis , venous thrombosis , gynecology , embolism , obstetrics , population , surgery , research methodology , pharmacology , environmental health
. The anatomy of the thrombus in acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in women using oral contraceptives was studied in 277 reports on DVT received by the Swedish Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Committee (SADRAC). The study revealed a similarity between the anatomy of DVT in women on oral contraceptives and that of DVT in pregnant women, suggesting a pharmacologic influence of the hormones in the pill on the pathogenesis of DVT in women on oral contraceptives. The anatomy of DVT in women on low‐estrogen pills was identical with that of DVT in women on high‐estrogen pills, suggesting an identical pharmacologic influence of the two types of pill on the pathogenesis of DVT in women on oral contraceptives.