Berlin (ots) – October 13th is World Thrombosis Day. In Germany alone, more than 40,000 people still die every year as a result of a pulmonary embolism – more people than from traffic accidents, AIDS, prostate and breast cancer combined.
CDU politician Philipp Mißfelder, television and radio presenter Stephanie Tücking, Serena Williams, former tennis world number one, Marina Abramovic, internationally famous performance artist, they all suffered a pulmonary embolism – only Williams and Abramovic survived the potentially fatal event.
After heart attack and stroke, pulmonary embolism is the third most common cardiovascular disease. Many of the deaths caused by pulmonary embolism could be prevented if more knowledge about the first signs of thrombosis or about appropriate prophylactic measures were available in the population. “We all have to finally do more to ensure that reliable information about thrombosis reaches people. Public awareness of the risk factors, signs and symptoms of thromboembolic diseases is still too low,” demands Prof. Rupert Bauersachs, scientific director of the Thrombosis Action Alliance, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary. World Thrombosis Day on October 13, 2023.
One in four deaths worldwide is related to thrombosis. Thrombosis is when potentially fatal blood clots form in an artery (arterial thrombosis) or vein (venous thrombosis). Once formed, a clot can slow or block normal blood flow and even break away and travel to the lungs or other organs. Thrombosis is the often preventable underlying cause of myocardial infarction, thromboembolic stroke, and venous thromboembolism (VTE), the three most common cardiovascular events.
In order to advance awareness, the action alliance goes where the people are. This year, the Thrombosis Action Alliance is holding an educational campaign in the Alexa shopping center in Berlin on October 13th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The attraction and educational aid will be an oversized organ model of a vein.
World Thrombosis Day supports the World Health Assembly’s global goal of reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases by 25 percent by 2025. The WTT was initiated in 2014 by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) in response to member calls for a global day of action.
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About the Thrombosis Action Alliance
The Thrombosis Action Alliance was launched in 2014 by the German Society for Angiology (DGA). Today, the alliance includes leading specialist societies such as the German Society for Phlebology and Lymphology, the Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research, the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine and the German Vascular League. They are all working together with partners from industry to raise awareness about thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
Press contact:
Thrombosis Action Alliance c/o German Society for Angiology – Society for Vascular Medicine eV (DGA) Nina Langbehn Schiffbauerdamm 40 · 10117 Berlin Telephone: 030 / 208 888-31 Mail: [email protected]
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