Annual venous thromboembolism events

More than 900,000 incident or recurrent, fatal and nonfatal, venous thromboembolism events occur each year.

Title: Estimated Annual Number of Incident and Recurrent, Non-Fatal and Fatal Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Events in the U.S.
Publication: Blood
Publication Date: 2005
Authors: Heit J, Cohen A, Anderson Jr. F
Volume & Issue: Volume 106, Issue 11
Pages: abstract #910:267a
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