Lauren Boebert underwent emergency leg surgery to remove a blood clot ... to restore blood flow by opening up the blocked vein. In some cases, patients may not have symptoms, but over time could ...

Symptoms include leg swelling or pain ... leading to a narrowing or blockage of deep veins. This slows blood flow, increasing pressure and potentially causing post-thrombotic syndrome – a ...

Your doctor uses a graft to bypass the blocked area of the blood vessel. The graft is most often a vein taken from another place in your leg. Sometimes the graft is a man-made blood vessel. The graft ...

Thompson is removing a healthy vein from Raymond's leg so it will be ready for ... heart muscle — re-routing the blood-flow around the blockage. This is called a graft. When an artery is needed ...