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          Date of Hearing:   May 22, 2015


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          ACR 59  
          (Maienschein) - As Introduced April 27, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Thrombosis Awareness Month.


          SUMMARY:  Declares the month of October 2015 as Thrombosis  
          Awareness Month.  Specifically, this resolution makes the  
          following legislative findings:


          1)Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, a medical condition that occurs  
            when a blood clot forms in a deep vein, affects hundreds of  
            thousands of Americans each year.


          2)DVT is caused by reduced blood flow through the deep veins,  
            usually in the lower leg or thigh, and either the tendency of  
            a person's blood to clot too quickly or irritation or  
            inflammation of the inner lining of the vein, or both.


          3)Pulmonary embolism, or PE, is a serious and potentially fatal  
            complication of DVT. Venous thromboembolism, which includes  
            deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or both, effects an  
            estimated 300,000 to 600,000 individuals in the United States  
            each year and the federal Centers for Disease Control and  
            Prevention estimates suggest between 60,000 and 100,000 people  
            die of DVT/PE in the United States.








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          4)Atrial fibrillation, a potentially serious cardiac condition  
            characterized by an irregular heart rhythm, is estimated to  
            affect at least 1.2 million adults in the United States and  
            can lead to thromboembolic strokes.  The incidence of atrial  
            fibrillation in adults is projected to increase 2.6 million  
            cases by 2030.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file




          Opposition


          None on file




          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800












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