RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of Thrombus Sidedness on Presentation and Outcomes of Patients with Proximal Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis.
A1 Bikdeli, Behnood
A1 Sharif-Kashani, Babak
A1 Bikdeli, Bavand
A1 Valle, Reina
A1 Falga, Conxita
A1 Riera-Mestre, Antoni
A1 Mazzolai, Lucia
A1 Verhamme, Peter
A1 Wells, Philip S
A1 Torrero, Juan Francisco Sánchez Muñoz
A1 Lopez-Jiménez, Luciano
A1 Monreal, Manuel
A1 RIETE Investigators, 
AB Small studies have suggested differences in demographics and outcomes between left- and right-sided deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and also unilateral versus bilateral DVT. We investigated the clinical presentation and outcomes of patients with DVT based on thrombus sidedness. The authors used the data from the Registro Informatizado Enfermedad TromboEmbólica (RIETE) database (2001-2016) to identify patients with symptomatic proximal lower-extremity DVT. Main outcomes included cumulative 90-day symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) and 1-year mortality. Overall, 30,445 patients were included. The majority of DVTs occurred in the left leg (16,421 left-sided, 12,643 right-sided, and 1,390 bilateral; p 
YR 2018
FD 2018-01-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12001
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12001
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DS RISalud
RD Apr 17, 2025