Venesection and resolution of erythrocytosis are not associated with reduced thrombotic risk in secondary and idiopathic polycythaemia: Results from a dual centre, 5-year retrospective study

B D Maybury; E Jongman; C Morgan; K Sheikh; J Prasangika; M Asif; M Bisp; C Lam; F Noor; S A Y Abbas; H Dhunya; R Lloyd; M H A Chowdhury; P Rathnayake; M Aquil; W Butterfield; T Jha; P Dyer; R J Buka; P L R Nicolson; HaemSTAR Collaborators

doi:10.1111/bjh.20235

Venesection and resolution of erythrocytosis are not associated with reduced thrombotic risk in secondary and idiopathic polycythaemia: Results from a dual centre, 5-year retrospective study

Br J Haematol. 2025 Jun 30. doi: 10.1111/bjh.20235. Online ahead of print.

Authors

B D Maybury^{1

2}, E Jongman^{1

2}, C Morgan^{1

2}, K Sheikh^{2

3}, J Prasangika^{2

3}, M Asif^{1

2}, M Bisp^{2

4}, C Lam^{2

4}, F Noor^{2

3}, S A Y Abbas^{1

2}, H Dhunya^{2

3}, R Lloyd^{1

2}, M H A Chowdhury^{2

3}, P Rathnayake^{2

3}, M Aquil^{2

3}, W Butterfield^{2

5}, T Jha^{2

3}, P Dyer^{2

3}, R J Buka^{2

4}, P L R Nicolson^{1

2

4}; HaemSTAR Collaborators²

Collaborators

HaemSTAR Collaborators:
Zoha Mansoor, Farhan Patel, Sanober Sanober, Rahul Ghandi, Eman Hassan

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, University Hospitals Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
² HaemSTAR, Birmingham, UK.
³ Department of Haematology, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ School of Medicine, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.

PMID: 40589100
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.20235

No abstract available

Keywords: diagnostic haematology; erythrocytosis; polycythaemia; thrombosis; venesection.