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Rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in treatment groups. Abbreviation: ASA, aspirin.

Rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in treatment groups. Abbreviation: ASA, aspirin.

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DVT and total joint arthroplasty

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... were 119 patients in group 1 (aspirin alone), 40 patients in group 2 (as- pirin plus pumps), 246 patients in group 3 (warfarin), and 208 patients in group 4 (enoxaparin). The overall 3-week symp- tomatic and asymptomatic DVT and symptomatic PE rates in the entire cohort were 5.7% (n=35) and 0.3% (n=2), re- spectively ( Figure 1). ...

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