Abstract
Background: Cancer inducing a hypercoagulable state, venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. We assessed the impacts of cancer on the likelihood for readmission after a VTE-targeted procedure. Methods: We created a new cohort using discharge-level data from all hospitalizations from State Inpatient Databases of geographically dispersed participating states (18-27 states). Results: In those presenting with VTE during index-admission (619 241), 2.4% patients underwent catheter directed thrombolytic therapy (CDL) on index admission and among those 20.3% had cancer. Moreover, the 30-day readmission rate amongst CDL recipients (10 776 overall) was 14.3% in those with cancer compared to 8.8% in those with no cancer history (P
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 609-611 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Cardiac Surgery |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2020 |
Keywords
- cancer
- catheter directed thrombolytic
- cost of care
- readmission
- venous thromboembolism