Lucena RJ, Laborda GJL, Rodríguez GL

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Venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) is a very common pathological process. Its most serious manifestation, pulmonary embolism (PE), has an incidence in Spain of 28.000 cases per year, with a mortality of up to 16.7% of cases1. On the other hand, more than 90% of deaths due to PTE occur in undiagnosed individuals and, therefore, not treated.
It is accepted, for the most part, that the inci-dence of PTE increases with age, and doubles every decade until reaching its peak in the cohort of 70-80 years. General etiological factors include: age itself, prolonged immobilization, history of VTE, use of oral contraceptives, and pregnancy.