Heart transplant patients have risk factors that place them at higher risk for acute venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), than the general population. We assessed for rate of VTE and incidence of PE-related mortality among heart transplant patients.A total of 1258 heart transplant patients were evaluated for the development of VTE. The diagnosis of DVT was made by Duplex ultrasonography, and PE was diagnosed by computerized tomography pulmonary angiography or ventilation-perfusion radionuclide scan. PE-related mortality was assessed at one yr, three yr, and five yr post-transplant.A total of 117 (9.3
作者:Omeed, Elboudwarej;Jignesh K, Patel;Frank, Liou;Matthew, Rafiei;Ashley, Osborne;Wanxing, Chai;Michelle, Kittleson;Lawrence, Czer;Lily, Stern;Fardad, Esmailian;Jon A, Kobashigawa
来源:Clinical transplantation 2015 年 29卷 7期