TY - JOUR T1 - The recurrence rate of venous thromboembolism after a first or second episode of deep venous thrombosis was high JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 188 LP - 188 DO - 10.1136/ebm.5.6.188 VL - 5 IS - 6 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/11/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/5/6/188.abstract N2 - (2000) Arch Intern Med 160, 769. Hansson PO, Sörbo J, Eriksson H.. Recurrent venous thromboembolism after deep vein thrombosis. Incidence and risk factors.. Mar 27;. :. –74.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
 
 QUESTIONS: For patients who had a first or second episode of confirmed arm or leg deep venous thrombosis (DVT), what is the incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) (DVT or pulmonary embolism [PE]), and what are the risk factors for recurrence? Cohort study with 3.7 to 8.8 years of follow up. A university hospital in Göteborg, Sweden. 738 patients with DVT confirmed by phlebography or color duplex ultrasonography who had been discharged from the hospital and survived to 1 month. 591 patients (mean age 66 y, 53% women) had a first DVT, and 147 patients had previous VTEs (108 patients with a previous DVT, 19 with a previous PE, and 20 with both DVT and PE). Follow up for mortality was >99%. Data on prognostic factors were collected and used in multivariate analyses: … ER -