Current Clinical Status of Venous Thromboembolism in Japan

Effectiveness and safety of the thrombolytic therapy for acute pulmonary thromboembolism: results of a multicenter registry in the Japanese Society of Pulmonary Embolism Research

“…Although the incidence of acute pulmonary thromboembolism (APTE) in Japan has been thought to be minimal over the years [1], the diagnosis of APTE is recently increasing in Japan because of the changes in life style, the aging of the population, the improved clinicians' awareness of APTE, and advances in diagnostic modalities [2]. We had previously reported that Japanese patients with APTE had almost same findings as those in western patients in the collaborative studies of the Japanese Society of Pulmonary Embolism Research (JaSPER; listed in Appendix A) [3,4].…”

Association Between Antithrombotic Treatments and Prognosis of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Japan

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Interestingly, some ethnic differences exist between Japanese and Western people regarding coagulability because of the lower incidence of venous thromboembolic diseases in the Japanese than in Western people. 13 Therefore, it is inappropriate to assume that the results of previous Western studies are fully applicable to the clinical situation in Japan. However, no large clinical trial for antithrombotic treatments has been performed in the Japanese population.…”