Etiological Evaluation of Patients with Venous Thromboembolism

Objective: The most important component of VTE which poses threat to life is pulmonary embolism. The purpose of this study is to perform etiological examination of the patients who apply to department hematology of our hospital and diagnosed with VTE. Material and Method: In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the factors, which can play role for etiology, the patients with VTE who received treatment during 2009-2012 in our hospital. Results: The patients with VT is 83 in total. There was a statistically significant difference of PE (p=0,028), localization of pulmonary embolism was more frequent the age group of >40 compared to ≤30 (p=0,008). There was statistically significant difference among age groups for SVT (p=0,005), SVT was higher for age groups ≤30 and >40 compared to age group of 31-40 (p=0,010 and p=0,017). When the findings were evaluated as normal/heterozygote+homozygote for FV Leiden, the rates of heterozygote/homozygote was lower for the age groups of ≤30 and >40 compared to age group 31-40 (p=0,013 and p=0,035). Conclusion: Inherited and acquired risk factors must be systematically evaluated in an appropriate manner. This evaluation proposes anticoagulant therapy for risky cases, determines duration of the therapy