A prospective registry of 5,451 patients with ultrasound-confirmed deep vein thrombosis.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on January 15, 2004

Authors

Samuel Z Goldhaber1, Victor F Tapson, DVT FREE Steering Committee

Author Affiliations

1: the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. sgorldhaber@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Multi-Center Human Alert Trial to Prevent DVT and PE | NCT00409136

Discharge ALERT: Quality Improvement Initiative (Discharge) | NCT00853463

3 Screen Electronic Alert | NCT00550082

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