Cardiology patient pages. Prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Circulation. 2004 Oct 19;110(16):e445-7. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000145141.70264.C5.

Authors

Samuel Z Goldhaber¹, John Fanikos

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA. sgoldhaber@partners.org

PMID: 15492324
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000145141.70264.C5

No abstract available

Publication types

Patient Education Handout

MeSH terms

Adult
Aerospace Medicine
Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Death, Sudden / etiology
Death, Sudden / prevention & control
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Fondaparinux
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / administration & dosage
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / therapeutic use
Humans
Life Style
Male
Obesity / complications
Polysaccharides / administration & dosage
Polysaccharides / therapeutic use
Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control*
Smoking / adverse effects
Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Fibrinolytic Agents
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Polysaccharides
Fondaparinux