Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 779-787.e1 , September 2010

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism

  • Gottfried Novacek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Gottfried Novacek, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. fax: +43 (1) 40400 4735
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  • Ansgar Weltermann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 1, Elisabethinen Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Anna Sobala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Herbert Tilg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Academic Teaching Hospital Hall in Tirol, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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  • Wolfgang Petritsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Walter Reinisch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Andreas Mayer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of St Pölten, St Pölten, Austria
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  • Thomas Haas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 1, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Arthur Kaser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Thomas Feichtenschlager

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 4, Hospital Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria
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  • Harry Fuchssteiner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 4, Elisabethinen Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Peter Knoflach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Klinikum Wels, Wels, Austria
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  • Harald Vogelsang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Wolfgang Miehsler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Reingard Platzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 1, General Hospital of Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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  • Wolfgang Tillinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 1, General Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria
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  • Bernhard Jaritz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 2, Landesklinikum Mistelbach-Gänserndorf, Mistelbach, Austria
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  • Alfons Schmid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 2, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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  • Benedikt Blaha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine 4, Wilheminenspital der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria
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  • Clemens Dejaco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Sabine Eichinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Received 22 January 2010 ,Accepted 13 May 2010.

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 This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page e12. Learning Objective: Upon completion of this exercise, successful learners will be able to identify the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding The study received funding through the Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna (project number 2551) and the Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung of the City of Vienna (H-806/2005).

PII: S0016-5085(10)00754-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.05.026

Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 779-787.e1 , September 2010