Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Symptomatic
Pulmonary Embolus After Joint Arthroplasty:
Stratification of Risk Factors

Javad Parvizi MD, FRCS, Ronald Huang MD,

Ibrahim J. Raphael MD, William V. Arnold MD, PhD,

Richard H. Rothman MD, PhD

To the editor,

W
e read with interest the

letter from Eroglu and

colleagues related to our

recently published article entitled

‘‘Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolus

After Joint Arthroplasty: Stratification

of Risk Factors’’ [1].

Eroglu and colleagues have clearly

invested extensive time and exercised

great intellect to propose some interest-

ing and plausible mechanisms by which

iron deficiency anemia could result in an

increase in venous thromboembolism,

an observation of our study.

The explanations offered were truly

insightful and will benefit the readers

also. We want to thank them for

sharing their knowledge and wisdom

with us and other readers.

Reference
1. Parvizi J, Huang R, Raphael IJ,

Arnold WV, Rothman RH. Symptom-
atic pulmonary embolus after joint
arthroplasty: stratification of risk fac-
tors. Clin Orthop Relat Res.
2014;472:903–912.

(RE: Parvizi J, Huang R, Raphael IJ, Arnold

WV, Rothman RH. Symptomatic pulmonary

embolus after joint arthroplasty: stratification

of risk factors. Clin Orthop Relat Res.

2014;472:903–912.)

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The opinions expressed are those of the

writers, and do not reflect the opinion or

policy of CORR
1

or the Association of Bone

and Joint Surgeons
1

.

J. Parvizi MD, FRCS (&),
R. Huang MD,

W. V. Arnold MD, PhD,

R. H. Rothman MD, PhD

Orthopaedic Surgery at the Rothman

Institute, Thomas Jefferson University

Hospital, 125 S 9th St. Ste 1000,

Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

e-mail: research@rothmaninstitute.com;

parvj@aol.com

I. J. Raphael MD

Orthopaedic Research at the Rothman

Institute, Thomas Jefferson Hospital,

Philadelphia, PA,

USA

Reply to the Letter to the Editor
Published online: 11 June 2014

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