Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Europe

Agnelli, Giancarlo; A. Anderson, Frederick; I. Arcelus, Juan; Bergqvist, David; Georg Brecht, Josef; A. Greer, Ian; A. Heit, John; Hutchinson, Julia; K. Kakkar, Ajay; Mottier, Dominique; Oger, Emmanuel; Samama, Meyer-Michel; Spannagl, Michael; T. Cohen, Alexander; the VTE Impact Assessment Group in Europe (VITAE), for

doi:10.1160/th07-03-0212

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Europe

Published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis • Jan 1, 2007

Authors:

Giancarlo Agnelli

Frederick A. Anderson

Juan I. Arcelus

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is often asymptomatic, mis-diagnosed, and unrecognized at death, and there is a lack of routine postmortem examinations. These factors are thought to result in marked underestimates ofVTE incidence. The objective of our study was to estimate the total burden of VTE withi...

Subject

Medicine

Pulmonary embolism

Deep vein

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