Venous Thromboembolism in Heart Failure: Preventable Deaths During and After Hospitalization

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to compare the clinical characteristics, prophylaxis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with venous thromboembolism with and without heart failure. METHODS: We studied patients with heart failure in the population-based Worcester Venous Thromboembolism Study of 1822 consecutive patients with validated venous thromboembolism.

Authors

Piazza G; Goldhaber SZ; Lessard DM; Goldberg RJ; Emery C; Spencer FA

Journal

The American Journal of Medicine, Vol. 124, No. 3, pp. 252–259

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

3 2011

DOI

10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.10.014

ISSN

0002-9343

Associated Experts

Frederick Spencer

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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