Venous thromboembolism in heart failure: Preventable deaths during and after hospitalization

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-259

  Piazza, Gregory ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a   Lessard, Darleen M ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^b   Emery, Catherine ^b   Spencer, Frederick A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Heart failure; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Treatment; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79952462115     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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