Table 2.
Extra-splanchnic thromboembolic complications in patients with cirrhosis.
| Author, Year [Ref] | Type of Study | Patients with Liver Disease (n) | VTE Prevalence (%) | DVT Prevalence (%) | PE Prevalence (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northup, 2006 [39] | Case control | 21,000 | 0.5 | 0.35 | 0.1 |
| Garcia Fuster, 2008 [43] | Retrospective | 2074 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Gulley, 2008 [47] | Case control | 963 | - | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| Lesmana, 2010 [45] | Retrospective | 256 | 4.7 | 4.7 | - |
| Dabbagh, 2010 [48] | Retrospective | 190 | 6.3 | - | - |
| Wu, 2010 [58] | Retrospective | 241,626 ^ 408,253 § |
0.81 0.82 |
- | - |
| Aldawood, 2011 [41] | Retrospective | 226 | 2.7 | 2.7 | - |
| Saleh, 2011 [59] | Retrospective | 4,565,000 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Ali, 2011 [42] | Retrospective | 449,798 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Girleanu, 2012 [44] | Retrospective | 3108 | 2.5 * | 0.99 | |
| Kohsaka, 2012 [60] | Retrospective | 719 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Shah, 2012 [46] | Retrospective | 85 | - | 7 | - |
| Al-Dorzi, 2013 [40] | Retrospective | 75 | - | 2.7 | - |
| Walsh, 2013 [61] | Retrospective | 2606 | 1 | - | - |
| Ponziani, 2013 [62] | Retrospective | 10,359 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Bogari, 2014 [63] | Retrospective | 163 | 11 | - | - |
| Shatzel, 2015 [64] | Retrospective | 233 > | 2.4 | - | - |
| Yang, 2018 [65] | Retrospective | 108 > | 0.9 | - | - |
^ Patients with compensated liver cirrhosis. § Patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. only patients with non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis (patients with alcoholic liver diseases presented with a lower prevalence of VTE, 0.6%). * Including patients with portal vein thrombosis. > Including only patients without thromboprophylaxis.