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Epidemiology and Predictors of Short-Term Mortality in Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism - A Nationwide Population-Based Study
- Source :
- Circulation Journal. 75:1998-2004
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Japanese Circulation Society, 2011.
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Abstract
- Background: The epidemiology of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Taiwan has not been well investigated. The aim of this study was to report on the epidemiology and short-term prognosis of symptomatic VTE. Methods and Results: This nationwide population-based cohort study used the Taiwanese National Health Insurance claims databases to identify adults older than 18 years of age with symptomatic VTE diagnosed in 2002. We investigated the clinical features of VTE and determined independent risk factors of 1-month mortality. A total of 2,774 patients were identified with a mean age of 62.8 years and the female-to-male ratio was 1.15:1. The crude incidence of symptomatic VTE was 16.5 per 100,000 persons, which steadily increased with age, ranging from 4 per 100,000 in patients
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Mortality rate
Population
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Pulmonary embolism
Venous thrombosis
Epidemiology
medicine
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
education
business
Survival rate
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13474820 and 13469843
- Volume :
- 75
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Circulation Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........354ef78ec7c77657348d58b9dd5d27cb