var tickersArray = []; tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"] = new Array(); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][0] = "VTE is the third most common type of cardiovascular disease.¹⁴³".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][1] = "VTE causes over 500,000 deaths in Europe every year.¹²".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][2] = "An estimated 300,000 VTE-related deaths occur in the US each year.¹⁴⁴".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][3] = "About one in eight patients will die as a result of a venous blood clot that develops while in the hospital.^{3, 40}".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][4] = "The number of in-hospital deaths due to VTE is five times the total number of deaths from all hospital-acquired infections.¹⁴⁵".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][5] = "The risk of symptomatic VTE after major orthopaedic surgery is higher than in the general population for at least two months after surgery.³".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][6] = "The estimated total number of symptomatic VTE events in the European Union (EU) is in excess of one million each year.¹²".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][7] = "Deaths attributable to VTE are estimated to exceed the total combined number of deaths from breast cancer, prostate cancer, AIDS, and traffic accidents annually.²¹".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][8] = "VTE is often clinically silent, and the first potentially fatal manifestation often occurs after discharge from the hospital.¹⁴⁶".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][9] = "The incidence of first-time VTE increases exponentially with age: a) Under 15 years of age: <5 cases per 100, 000 per year; b) Over 80 years of age: 450-600 cases per 100,000 per year (~0.5%/year)^{40, 147}".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][10] = "The probability of death after VTE is strongly associated with cancer, increased age, and the presence of cardiovascular disease.⁶⁵".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][11] = "Hospitalised patients and residents of nursing homes account for about 60% of all cases of VTE.¹¹".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["vte-and-dvt"][12] = "20%-50% of patients who develop an idiopathic DVT will go on to develop post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS).⁷⁴".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["pe"] = new Array(); tickersArray["pe"][0] = "About 1 in 10 deaths that occur in the hospital is caused by pulmonary emboli.³".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["pe"][1] = "In the UK, PE kills more people than breast cancer, AIDS, and traffic accidents combined.³".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["pe"][2] = "About 10% of symptomatic PE results in death within one hour of the onset of symptoms.⁷³".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["pe"][3] = "One-third of people with symptomatic venous blood clots have PE.⁶⁵".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["pe"][4] = "PE can recur after the first event, and if it does, it is frequently fatal.¹⁴⁸".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["pe"][5] = "The vast majority of the hospital deaths resulting from PE are preventable.¹⁴⁹".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["cad-acs"] = new Array(); tickersArray["cad-acs"][0] = "Heart attack, a leading cause of death in the developed world, is most often triggered by acute thrombus formation within a coronary artery.⁹⁵".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["cad-acs"][1] = "Coronary artery disease is the single most common cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly two million deaths per year.³⁶".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["cad-acs"][2] = "The risk of cardiovascular death, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), or progression to MI in patients initially presenting with unstable angina is greatest during the first two months after the acute event.⁸³".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["af"] = new Array(); tickersArray["af"][0] = "An estimated 2.2 million people in the US and 4.5 million in the EU have atrial fibrillation.²²".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["af"][1] = "Cardioembolic stroke is one of the main complications of atrial fibrillation.⁴".replace(/qqq/g,langID); tickersArray["af"][2] = "The risk for stroke (for patients with AF) is age-dependent. 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