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Incidence of Pregnancy-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
- Peter K. MacCallum, MD;
- Enid M. Hennessey, MSc; and
- Shohreh Beski, MD
- From Barts and The London School of Medicine, London EC1 M6BQ, United Kingdom, and Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, United Kingdom.
TO THE EDITOR:
We congratulate Heit and colleagues (1) on their study on the incidence of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperium. However, we take issue with their statement that the venous thromboembolic incidence was 3.6% and 1.5% in the first and second weeks postpartum, respectively, similar to the 2% to 5% incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after elective hip replacement in patients not receiving prophylaxis. This seems unlikely …
