Increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with aortic aneurysms: A nationwide cohort study.

Studies on the association between aortic aneurysm (AA) and the subsequent risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) are limited to a few case reports and investigations which only focused on surgical effects. Therefore, we used the National Health Insurance Research Database to clarify whether patients...

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Main Authors: Feng-You Lee, Wei-Kung Chen, Chun-Hsiang Chiu, Cheng-Li Lin, Chia-Hung Kao, Chao-Hsien Chen, Tse-Yen Yang, Ching-Yuan Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5462404?pdf=render