Incidence of Vena Cava Thrombosis in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 927-929

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Matta, Fadi ^a   Yaekoub, Abdo Y ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; UNITED STATES; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 52349092774     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.046     Document Type: Article

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