Prevention of Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

This book has been prompted by recent advances in the safe prevention of thromboembolism by subcutaneous heparin prophy­ laxis, in particular postoperativt>ly. It has been correctly called by S. Sherry a major breakthrough in medicine. Although thrombo­ embolism was first recognized by Laennec in 1819 and defined by Virchow in 1846, its development was not well understood and its prevention escape...