Acute venous thromboembolism after non-major orthopaedic surgery or post-traumatic limb immobilisation

Thromb Haemost 2011; 105(04): 739-741
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-11-0751

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Findings from the RIETE registry

Laurent Bertoletti

¹Thrombosis Research Group, EA3065, Univ Saint-Etienne, Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France

²Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Marc Righini

²Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Henri Bounameaux

²Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Luciano López-Jiménez

³Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain

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Eros Tiraferri

⁴Department of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Ospaedale Infermi, Rimini, Italy

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Adriana Visonà

⁵Department of Vascular Medicine, Ospaedale Castel Franco TV, Castel Franco Veneto, Italy

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Manuel Monreal

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

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and the RIETE Investigators

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