Long‐Term Association of Venous Thromboembolism With Frailty, Physical Functioning, and Quality of Life: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Long‐Term Association of Venous Thromboembolism With Frailty, Physical Functioning, and Quality of Life: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Background Relatively little is known about the long‐term consequences of venous thromboembolism (VTE) on physical functioning. We compared long‐term frailty status, physical function, and quality of life among survivors of VTE with survivors of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, and with thos...

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Main Authors: Pamela L. Lutsey, B. Gwen Windham, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Mary Cushman, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, Saonli Basu, Aaron R. Folsom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
frailty
physical function
quality of life
venous thromboembolism
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.015656

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