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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2007 Aug;120(8):678–684. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.046

Table 4.

Outcomes of Patients with Venous Thromboembolism According to Location of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Variable Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis P-values
30 day outcomes (%)
 Major Bleeding 11.6 7.5 0.25
 Recurrent VTE 8.7 4.6 0.15
 Recurrent pulmonary embolism (with or without deep vein thrombosis) 1.5 1.2 0.87
 Mortality 4.4 5.8 0.63
6 month outcomes (%)
 Major Bleeding 13.0 9.9 0.43
 Recurrent VTE 15.9 9.4 0.10
 Recurrent pulmonary embolism (with or without deep vein thrombosis) 1.5 2.2 0.70
 Mortality 14.5 12.1 0.57
1 year outcomes (%)
 Major Bleeding 13.3 10.9 0.60
 Recurrent VTE 14.5 11.4 0.47
 Recurrent pulmonary embolism (with or without deep vein thrombosis) 1.5 2.9 0.46
 Mortality 20.3 14.7 0.25