In this issue of Blood, Cannegieter et al use the Danish National Patient Registry to report on the high incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), mortality, and arterial thrombosis following a diagnosis of superficial vein thrombosis (SVT). Remarkably, individuals with SVT had nearly a 14% risk of VTE over 10 years, with a 3.3% risk of VTE in the 3 months following the SVT. Although during the 10 years of follow-up this translated into an 8-fold increased risk of VTE, the risk was much higher within the 3 months following an SVT (71-fold increased risk of VTE). The hazard ratios of arterial events and death over the entire follow-up were more modest (around 1.2-1.3), however, with noticeably increased risk within 3 months of the SVT event with a 1.5- to 3.5-fold increased risk.
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Zakai, N. A. (2015, August 8). Superficial venous thrombosis: Deeper than meets the eye? Blood. American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2014-11-612549
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