Global reporting of pulmonary embolism–related deaths in the World Health Organization mortality database: Vital registration data from 123 countries

Global reporting of pulmonary embolism–related deaths in the World Health Organization mortality database: Vital registration data from 123 countries

Abstract Introduction Pulmonary embolism (PE) has not been accounted for as a cause of death contributing to cause‐specific mortality in global reports. Methods We analyzed global PE‐related mortality by focusing on the latest year available for each member state in the World Health Organization (WH...

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Main Authors: Stefano Barco, Luca Valerio, Andrea Gallo, Giacomo Turatti, Seyed Hamidreza Mahmoudpour, Walter Ageno, Lana A. Castellucci, Gabriela Cesarman‐Maus, Henry Ddungu, Erich Vinicius De Paula, Mert Dumantepe, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Maria Cecilia Guillermo Esposito, Frederikus A. Klok, Nils Kucher, Claire McLintock, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Paolo Simioni, David Spirk, Alex C. Spyropoulos, Tetsumei Urano, Zhen‐guo Zhai, Beverley J. Hunt, Stavros V. Konstantinides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Subjects:
epidemiology
mortality
pulmonary embolism
venous thromboembolism
World Health Organization
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.12520

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https://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.12520

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