Have A Upper Extremity Dvt From A Pic Line Was

Posted on Thu, 19 Mar 2020

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Question : have a upper extremity dvt from a pic line was annually on eliquis couldn't tolerate side effects. I am 12 weeks post dvt diagnose.At ten weeks post dvt diagnose been getting chest pain radiating to back and shortness of breath at times. Went to er after 2 weeks of chest pain radiating to back and shortness of breath. Bloods were done tropinin 0 04 normal range was told,d dimer <120 Was told that was normal .Chest x ray normal, reg ct chest normal,ultrasound of right arm was still showing dvt. Hematologist said dvt chronic couldn't break off. We doc said normal d dimer would indicate no pe What else then could be causing symptoms?

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (37 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Kindly refer to the detailed answer below

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

After going through your medical query I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that eliquis can cause gastric and breathing issues in few people. But I need to know few more things before giving my opinion on your chest pain.

1. Your age

2. Any medical history other than DVT

3. Your all current medication

4. Any cardiac evaluation if you got done?

5. Do you wear stockings?

6. At what times you feel breathless?

7. Nature of your chest pain?

8. Eliquis dose?

9 Your recent blood work?

I need all the information asked above because some other underlying issues can present, if not PE, which we can be mixing up with Eliquis use.

Kindly revert back with the required details for further opinion.

Hopefully this information will this information will guide you properly.

Kind Regards
Dr. Bhanu Partap

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee