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Venous Thromboembolism

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In this chapter you will learn about the pathogenesis, the diagnosis, and the treatment of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Furthermore you will learn about special clinical situations (i.e., cancer, elderly patients, and pregnancy), which are associated with a high thrombotic risk. Current therapeutic concepts for these groups of patients will also be discussed.

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  1. Department of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

    Thomas Gary

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  1. Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

    Margarethe Geiger

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Gary, T. (2019). Venous Thromboembolism. In: Geiger, M. (eds) Fundamentals of Vascular Biology. Learning Materials in Biosciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12270-6_11

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