ISSN: 1308-1136
Dil: Türkçe
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Venous Thromboembolism: Epidemiology-physiopathology
Dr. Fatih Ata GENÇa
aGenel Cerrahi AD, İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, İSTANBUL
Each year ‰3 percent of the population complains about chest symptoms, and the prevalence of DVT at USA is estimated to be 2 million people. The 30-50 % experience a pulmonary embolus in concordance, of whom 10% dies immediately in a few hours after symptoms occur. In the USA, PE causes more death than car accidents. The number was 43.536 at 1993. In the ensuing follow-up, iliofemoral venous thrombus propagate to post-thrombotic syndrome in about 50 % of cases. Patients with evidence of PE have 70% a DVT at their leg veins. Patients with DVT have 50 % silent PE. DVT and PE should be regarded a compaund medical entity. After the development of several diagnosis and proflaxy methods for venous thromboembolic disease, favorable outcomes are reported.Keywords: Embolism and thrombosis; venous thrombosisTurkiye Klinikleri J Gen Surg-Special Topics 2008, 1(1):1-5
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