2 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
The study's hypothesis is that there are some patients who come for surgery who have asymptomatic clots in their lower extremities upon their arrival to the hospital for their surgical admission. We will be performing duplex studies of the subjects' legs before their surgery to determine how often clots are present. We will also perform duplex scans of the legs after the subjects' surgeries to determine what factors (surgical, anesthetic, co-morbidities)are correlated with the development of DVTs.
This study is designed to determine if the use of atorvastatin (Lipitor), a member of the HMG coA reductase inhibitor class of drugs referred to as statins, will reduce inflammatory responses and deep vein thrombosis formation when given in high doses in the perioperative period.