Venous thromboembolism natural history

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

Acute

 * Sudden death.

Chronic
These long term complications increase treatment cost and decrease patients quality of life. Inflation-adjusted hospital treatment cost in the year 2002 was an average $ 16,000 per patient.
 * Long term morbidity and reduced survival.
 * Post-thrombotic Syndrome.
 * Pulmonary Hypertension.

Related Chapters

 * Venous thromboembolism: Under-recognized and under-treated
 * Deep vein thrombosis
 * Pulmonary embolism
 * Thrombosis
 * Nephrotic syndrome and risk of venous and arterial thromboembolism