Doctors ran some tests, and diagnosed Boebert with May-Thurner syndrome, her campaign said. The little-known syndrome occurs when the right iliac artery, located in the abdomen, presses onto the ...

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has been diagnosed with a condition called May-Thurner syndrome and was found to have an “acute blood clot,” her campaign announced on Tuesday, March 2.

BACKGROUND: The May-Thurner syndrome is a deep venous thrombosis of the left iliofemoral vein due to a compression by the right primitive iliac artery. Some authors suggested that this syndrome ...