Long-term complications of medical patients with hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 688-693

  Fanikos, John ^a   Piazza, Gregory ^b   Zayaruzny, Maksim ^c   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Deep vein thrombosis; Medical patients; Postthrombotic syndrome; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Surgical patients; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70449485201     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-04-0266     Document Type: Article

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