BACKGROUND We report the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease in older men and women in a long-term health care facility. METHODS The prevalence of hypertension, chronic atrial fibrillation, pacemaker rhythm, coronary artery disease (CAD), thromboembolic stroke, and symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and the incidence of new coronary events, thromboembolic stroke, and...

Venous thromboembolic disease is common, but is difficult to diagnose clinically. Diagnostic imaging therefore plays a central and increasing role in its diagnosis. Many modalities are available and there are many published guidelines on how to work-up patients suspected of venous thromboembolic disease. This article summarizes the findings on the various diagnostic imaging techniques and the a...

BACKGROUND The wide variations in reported incidence and mortality rates reflect gaps in the epidemiology of venous thromboembolic disease (VTD), a clinical entity with two different manifestations--deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. We reviewed recent studies and data sources to find the most useful estimates of its epidemiologic indicators in France. METHODS We used international ...

Thromboembolic episodes are particularly important in chronic Chagas' heart disease. Systemic and pulmonary embolic phenomena are important complications of the disease. Prophylaxis of the thromboembolic phenomena with anticoagulant therapy should be considered in several clinical forms of the disease. Further studies will have to address the stratification risk issue.

Chronic obstruction of pulmonary arteries can be due to a variety of disease processes, including chronic thromboembolic disease, fibrosing mediastinitis, or neoplasia. Large vessel arteritis is another unusual cause of pulmonary artery obstruction and can be difficult to distinguish from the above-listed etiologies. We present four patients referred to our institution with the provisional diag...

Warfarin sodium is one of the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulants, It has been proven to be an effective agent in the prophylaxis of thromboembolic disease and fatal pulmonary embolism in total joint arthroplasty and emergency hip fracture surgery. A rare, undesirable side effect of warfarin is skin necrosis. The authors present a case of skin necrosis after use of warfarin for prophyl...

PURPOSE To correlate the concentration of plasma coagulation markers at baseline and during follow-up in patients with solid tumors and venous thromboembolic disease with the risk of recurrence and death. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patients (N = 223) with first episode of venous thromboembolic disease received oral anticoagulation with warfarin for a target international normalized ratio of 2 to 3. ...

Chronic thromboembolic disease is characterised by persistent pulmonary thromboembolic occlusions without pulmonary hypertension. Early surgical treatment with pulmonary endarterectomy may improve symptoms and prevent disease progression. We sought to assess the outcome of pulmonary endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with chronic thromboembolic disease. Patients with symptomatic chronic thr...

The association between thromboembolic disease and cancer has long been recognized. Armand Trousseau first brought this association to the attention of the medical profession in 1868 (Haire, 2000). Oncology nurses need to be knowledgeable about preventive measures, early signs and symptoms of thromboembolic disease, and complications of therapy.