Whether there is a link between venous and arterial thrombotic disorders is still a matter of
debate. They share common risk factors, such as old age, male sex and obesity. Endothelial …

Venous thrombi are intravascular deposits composed predominantly of fibrin and red blood
cells with a variable platelet and leukocyte component. They frequently arise in large venous …

Purpose: To evaluate the risk of major bleeding in unselected patients given anticoagulant
treatment (heparin overlapped and followed by oral anticoagulants) because of deep vein …

Venous and arterial thromboses have traditionally been considered distinct
pathophysiologic entities. However, the two disorders have many features in common, and …

No consensus exists as to who should be tested for thrombophilia, mainly due to the lack of
good quality clinical outcome data in relationship to presence or absence of a given …

Incidence and characteristics of recurrent venous thrombosis in a large cohort of patients with
a first venous thrombosis Page 11 18 J Thromb Haemost 2010; 8: 1874-6. Incidence and …

If the observed dramatic increase in VTE incidence with advancing age is due to increased
VTE risk factor exposure (ie, secondary VTE), the incidence of idiopathic VTE should not …

VTE comprises DVT and pulmonary embolus (PE). VTE is a major public health issue and is
estimated to result in 60,000 deaths per year in the UK (Department of Health (DH) 2005 …

AIM: The epidemiologic importance of thrombophilia on venous thromboembolism (VTE)
has been extensively studied. We tried to identify the variables that point to the positive test …