Venous thromboembolism epidemiology and demographics

Editors-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. Associate Editor-In-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [mailto:urastogi@perfuse.org]

Overview
Annualy, more than 900,000 cases are reported to have clinicaly evident Venous thromboembolism. More than 300,000 deaths are attributed to pulmonary embolism in United states. More than 25,000 people die in England from venous thromboembolism developed in hospital. This is more than the total number of deaths attributable to Breast cancer, AIDS, and road traffic accidents, when combined together. Close to a third of total patients encounter some sort of a long term effects.

Related Chapters

 * Pulmonary embolism
 * Deep vein thrombosis
 * Thrombosis