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#Question id: 10974


A 63-year-old woman returned to work following a vacation in New Zealand. Several days after returning home, she awoke with swelling and pain in her right leg and her leg was blue. She went immediately to the emergency room where an examination showed an extensive deep vein thrombosis involving the femoral and iliac veins on the right side. Following resolution of the clot, this patient will require which treatment in the future?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Continual heparin infusion
  2. Warfarin
  3. Aspirin
  4.  Vitamin K