
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), collectively termed venous thromboembolism (VTE), are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Quantifying the disease burden has proven difficult, given that VTE is often clinically silent. Indeed, a significant majority of VTE diagnoses are likely missed [1]. This is evident from numerous post mortem studies identifying an abundance of VTE events that were clinically undiagnosed prior to death [2,3].
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