Risk Factors and Short-term Mortality of Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosed in the Primary Care Setting in the United Kingdom | Zendy

Consuelo Huerta | Zendy

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Risk Factors and Short-term Mortality of Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosed in the Primary Care Setting in the United Kingdom

Author(s) -

Consuelo Huerta

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.9.935

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pulmonary embolism , population , overweight , varicose veins , risk factor , venous thrombosis , surgery , cancer , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , thrombosis , body mass index , physics , environmental health , optics

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) manifesting as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a common vascular disease with high mortality and morbidity. Our aim was to study the clinical spectrum of VTE, assess its incidence in the general population, and evaluate potential risk factors.

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