The San Antonio Spurs star player Victor Wembanyama has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and a blood clot in his right shoulder, causing his NBA season to be cut short, the team announced. The ...

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But elite athletes are also at increased risk for upper extremity DVT. “A blood clot in a healthy person in their arm is actually seen with some frequency in elite athletes,” says Lawrence ...

The Spurs later released a statement detailing the illness and revealed that Wembanyama had suffered a blood clot in his right arm. The absence ... of Cardiology, an upper extremity deep vein ...

"It's basically a blood clot in one of the deep veins, in the leg or the arm most frequently," said ... of awareness among athletes regarding upper extremity blood clots. "For athletes ...

In 2019 when Ingram was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, he was diagnosed with a deep venous thrombosis in his right arm. That ended ... better blood flow in the upper body.

Deep vein thrombosis and blood clots are most common in the lower leg. But when the condition occurs in the upper arm or ...

volleyball players when they spike — are somewhat more at risk for developing an “upper extremity” DVT. Another upper body condition called thoracic outlet syndrome, in which there's ...

DVT usually is discovered in the lower leg, thigh or pelvis, but for Wembanyama, who is 7-foot-3-in, the blood clot was found in the upper part of ... to DVT in his right arm.