28.04.2025 Cardiologist Chen Khan Chen: You cannot talk about an epidemic of deep vein thrombosis in the NBA

The director of the Clinic of SaddenBack explained why TGV began to be diagnosed more often. These symptoms do not necessarily seem to athletes something unusual. It is possible that before the athletes also had TGV athletes, but they simply did not attach any importance to this.
I would not say that we are observing the new epidemic of deep vein thrombosis. Now this diagnosis has been made by several famous players, and the problem has come to the fore. When athletes now complain of pain in the leg, the coaches immediately think: God, maybe they have deep vein thrombosis? Players and teams began to be much more attentive to possible cases of TGV.
Chris Bosch is the first loud case that everyone noticed. Now, if the athlete has such symptoms, he himself says: maybe I should check and tell the coach? And the coaches are now better aware of the problem and more often assign appropriate examinations, ”the specialist explained.
At the same time, Dr. Chen admitted that the change in basketball - namely, that modern players run more and jump - could have a certain effect on more frequent TGV diagnoses.
Over the past year, deep vein thrombosis in the NBA has been identified by Viktor Vembanyam, Osara Thompson and Damian Lillard.