title: Venous thromboembolism: "... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".
authors.affiliation: Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Thrombosis Research Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Tel.: +1 857 3071932, E-mail: sgoldhaber@partners.org.
authors.forename: Samuel Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Goldhaber
authors.affiliation: Walter Ageno, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit, University Hospital of Varese, Varese, Italy, E-mail: agewal@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ageno
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D065840:Protective Factors; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants