Open AccessVenous Thromboembolism Risk With Antidepressants: Driven by Disease or Drugs?
Author(s) -
Branchford Brian R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.117.006293
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , pulmonary embolism , antidepressant , population , venous thrombosis , deep vein , thrombosis , intensive care medicine , environmental health , hippocampus , economics , macroeconomics
The impetus for the article by Parkin et al in this issue of JAHA seems to stem from the authors' observation of the relatively common occurrence in women from the United Kingdom of (1) venous thromboembolism (VTE; deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism, incidence of 0.8 per 1000 population