TMH researchers join study to prevent life-threatening blood clots in COVID positive patients
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A research team at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare has joined a national study to see if blood thinners can help prevent life-threatening blood clots from forming in COVID positive patients.
and last updated 2021-01-14 17:23:41-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â A research team at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare has joined a national study to see if blood thinners can help prevent life-threatening blood clots from forming in COVID-positive patients not sick enough to be hospitalized.
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which is overseeing the study, researchers have found that many patients who died from COVID-19 had formed blood clots throughout their bodies. Blood clots that form in the blood vessels can travel through the bloodstream to other parts of the body and trigger heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolisms (