Ethnicity of Patients With Venous Thromboembolism

Early sac shrinkage is a good surrogate marker of durable success after endovascular aneurysm repair in Japanese patients

“…5 Early sac shrinkage, which is a potential marker of the low risk of late complications proposed by Bastos Gonçalves et al, 6 could underlie the development of individualized postoperative surveillance programs in the future. However, as these investigators explained in the limitations of their study, because significant differences exist among ethnic groups in terms of demographic characteristics, 11 anatomic characteristics, 12,13 and coagulabilities, [14][15][16][17] the reproducibility of their results within other ethnic populations is unclear. AAA will impose an ever-growing health care burden on Asia, 18 and the results from this study prove that early sac shrinkage can predict a low risk of late complications in Asian people.…”

Prediction of deep vein thrombosis by ultrasonography and D-dimer in Asian patients with ischemic stroke

“…It is well known that immobilization or paralysis of the lower extremities is associated with DVT because of the increased venous stasis [16]. The prevalence of DVT or pulmonary embolism is lower in Asians than in non-Asian subjects, and coagulopathy is less associated with ischemic stroke in Asian patients [17,18]. Therefore, the relative importance of systemic coagulopathy represented by the D-dimer level may be less important in Asian patients with ischemic stroke, and immobilization and severe neurological deficit may be more important in the development of DVT in Asian patients with acute ischemic stroke [19].…”

Characteristics and Risk Factors for Type 2 Endoleak in an East Asian Population From a Japanese Multicenter Database

“…24, 25 In terms of coagulability, East Asian subjects are known to have a less prothrombotic state than Caucasian subjects, 24,25 a fact that is well documented by the low incidence of venous thromboembolism reported in East Asian populations. 35, 36 Although the evidence for T2EL in the East Asian population has been limited, based on the lower prothrombotic state reported and retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database with a relatively short mean follow-up time. Longer follow-up time (>5 years, if possible) may have resulted in more cases of sac expansion caused by T2EL, considering both the high incidence of T2EL and the significant influence of T2EL on sac expansion after EVAR in the present Japanese database.…”