Influence of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes in Venous Thromboembolism: Insights from GARFIELD-VTE

CONCLUSION: Underweight VTE patients have the highest risk of mortality and major bleeding. The risk of mortality in obese VTE patients is lower than that in VTE patients with a normal BMI.PMID:34487616 | DOI:10.1111/jth.15520

Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - September 6, 2021 Category: Hematology Authors: Jeffrey I Weitz Alfredo E Farjat Walter Ageno Alexander Gg Turpie Sylvia Haas Shinya Goto Samuel Z Goldhaber Pantep Angchaisuksiri Harry Gibbs Peter MacCallum Marc Carrier Gloria Kayani Sebastian Schellong Henri Bounameaux Lorenzo G Mantovani Paolo Prando Source Type: research