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Predicted incidence of VTE, 2050
The incidence of VTE is predicted to more than double by 2050—from 0.95 million in 2006 to 1.82 million in 2050.
Deitelzweig S, Johnson B, Lin L, Schulman K. Prevalence of Clinical Venous Thromboembolism in the USA: Current trends and future projections. Heamtol. 2011; 86(2). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264912