Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6003456 | Thrombosis Research | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
VTE patients with dementia had a high incidence of fatal PE and fatal bleeding. In those initially presenting with PE, the risk of dying of PE far outweighed that of fatal bleeding. In patients presenting with DVT alone, the risk of fatal PE was lower than that of fatal bleeding.
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Authors
Manuel Jesús Nuñez, Joan Carles Villalba, Ernesto Cebrián, Adriana Visoná, Luciano Lopez-Jimenez, Marta Núñez, Tali-Anne Szwebel, José Manuel Luque, MarÃa Jesús Jaras, Manuel Monreal, for the RIETE Investigators for the RIETE Investigators,