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Distribution of causes of death in patients dying during the 11 months of follow up in patients with VTE surviving the first month after VTE diagnosis in comparison with control cohort. |
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| Cause of death |
VTE cohort (n = 500) n (%) |
Control cohort (n = 716) n (%) |
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| Coronary heart disease (CHD) |
49 (9.8) |
153 (21.4) |
| Other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases |
63 (12.6) |
107 (14.9) |
| Cancer |
280 (56.0) |
212 (29.6) |
| Other non-cardiovascular diseases (respiratory, digestive, urinary, other) |
47 (9.4) |
129 (18.0) |
| Unknown |
61 (12.2) |
115 (16.1) |
Huerta et al. Thrombosis Journal 2008 6:10 doi:10.1186/1477-9560-6-10 |
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