Trends in the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: a 25-year population-based study

MD Silverstein, JA Heit, DN Mohr… - Archives of internal …, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Background The incidence of venous thromboembolism has not been well described, and
there are no studies of long-term trends in the incidence of venous thromboembolism.
Objectives To estimate the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and
to describe trends in incidence. Methods We performed a retrospective review of the
complete medical records from a population-based inception cohort of 2218 patients who
resided within Olmsted County, Minnesota, and had an incident deep vein thrombosis or …