Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

20002,165 citationsJournal Article

Authors

John A. Heit · Mayo Clinic

Marc D. Silverstein · Medical University of South Carolina

David N. Mohr · Mayo Clinic

Tanya M. Petterson · Mayo Clinic

W. Michael O’Fallon · Mayo Clinic

L. Joseph Melton

Abstract

Hospital or nursing home confinement, surgery, trauma, malignant neoplasm, chemotherapy, neurologic disease with paresis, central venous catheter or pacemaker, varicose veins, and superficial vein thrombosis are independent and important risk factors for VTE.

Topics & Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 160, Issue 6, pp. 809-809

DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.6.809

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