Long-Term Effects of Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism on Mortality and Maȷor Cardiovascular Events [Epidemiology]

BackgroundPatients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) are at an increased risk of mortality, but whether their cardiovascular risks also increase remains to be determined. We aimed to investigate the factors associated with overall mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with unprovoked VTE.Methods and ResultsWe identified 2154 patients newly diagnosed with unprovoked VTE from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Database between 2000 and 2013, excluding those with reversible etiologies, underlying cancer, or autoimmune diseases. These patients with VTE were compared with an age‐, sex‐, and cardiovascular risk‐matched cohort of 4308 controls. The risk of mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with VTE was 2.23 (CI, 1.93–2.57; P

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - May 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chang, W.-T., Chang, C.-L., Ho, C.-H., Hong, C.-S., Wang, J.-J., Chen, Z.-C. Tags: Epidemiology, Embolism, Thrombosis Original Research Source Type: research