title: Pulmonary embolism: Epidemiology and registries.
abstract: Real-life data is important in understanding the needs of patients in routine clinical practice, particularly owing to the fact that almost a quarter of patients with venous thromoboembolism (VTE) have at least one exclusion criterion preventing their recruitment into randomized clinical trials. The Registro Informatizado de Enfermedad Trombo Embólica (RIETE) registry is an ongoing, international, multicentre, prospective registry of consecutive patients presenting with acute VTE. In this chapter, we summarized some of the most relevant data concerning the epidemiology of VTE in the RIETE registry.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica de Murcia, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol de Badalona, department of internal medicine, Spain. Electronic address: mmonreal.germanstrias@gencat.cat.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monreal
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, university Paris 7, hôpital Louis-Mourier, department of internal medicine, 92700 Colombes, France.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mahé
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de Rangueil, department of vascular medicine, 33000 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bura-Riviere
authors.affiliation: University of Padua, department of clinical medicine, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prandoni
authors.affiliation: University of Leuven, vascular medicine and haemostasis, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verhamme
authors.affiliation: Rambam health care campus, department of haematology and bone marrow transplantation, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, Ottawa hospital research institute, department of medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Phil S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Buonconsiglio Fatebenefratelli, department of internal medicine and emergency room, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierpaolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Micco
authors.affiliation: CHU de Saint-Étienne, hôpital Nord, Department of medicine and therapeutics, 63000 Saint-Étienne, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bertoletti
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology