Being immobilized and at home involves a higher risk of pulmonary embolism
Half of bedridden patients at home developed a pulmonary embolism A study of the RIETE group shows that there are more generated cases of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) in people immobilized at home than at hospital. Authors of the article, published in...
Women under anticoagulant treatment due to VTE have more bleedings than men
Or they have the risk of having new thrombi or suffer from bleedings. This is the dilemma that doctors have to face every time they administer an anticoagulant treatment to patients with venous thromboembolic disease (VTE). So far, experts considered that risks...
Pulmonary embolism, more deadly than infarction or stroke
This treatment causes severe bleeding in 4% of patients every year, and up to 1.5% end up dying from bleeding Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of vascular death after myocardial infarction and stroke. In Spain, this pathology is three...
10th VTE Multidisciplinary Forum
A study by the RIETE Group analyses how these drugs work in pregnant women and in people with cancer or cirrhosis, among others. More than 400 experts met on April 3rd and 4th at the Palacio de Congresos of Córdoba for the 10th Venous Thromboembolism Multidisciplinary...