In 1856, the German medical scientist, anthropologist, public health scientist, pathologist, paleontologist and politician Professor Rudolf Virchow first proposed the concept of "thrombosis"; The three thrombus-related terms are “proteinogen”; it is proposed that vascular wall damage, abnormal blood flow, and abnormal blood components are the three major elements of thrombosis. For one hundred and sixty years, this theory still guides the medical practice of thrombosis.

In March 2014, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) declared Rudolf Virchow's birthday (October 13) as "World Thrombosis Day" (WTD), in honor of his first proposal The theory of "thrombosis"; it is hoped that through WTD, the public's awareness of thrombosis will be improved, and the standardized diagnosis and treatment of thrombotic diseases will be promoted; it calls on different groups around the world to unite to face the silent killer of thrombosis.

Due to the popularization of medical science knowledge in recent years, the general public's awareness of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases has been greatly improved; at the same time, because the symptoms of venous thrombosis and peripheral arterial thrombosis are easily ignored, these two diseases have become blind areas of public medical knowledge. The Ipsos-Reid study by the WTD expert committee found that public awareness of thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is far lower than other diseases such as heart failure, stroke, hypertension, breast cancer, prostate cancer and AIDS. Data show that public awareness of VTE is low, with less than 50% of adults knowing that thromboembolism can be prevented.

In 2014, the "2014 World Thrombosis Day Publicity Activity Launching Ceremony" with the theme of "Work, Live, Move" was grandly held in Beijing. October 13, 2021, is the 8th "World Thrombosis Day" in the world, and it is also the 8th "World Thrombosis Day" in China. From the very beginning, the National Health Commission has called on all sectors of society to work together to improve public awareness and promote the standardized diagnosis and treatment of thrombotic diseases. By strengthening research and establishing a thrombosis center, we will comprehensively promote the prevention and treatment of thrombotic diseases in my country and prevent them to the greatest extent possible. Occurrence of thrombotic disease.

In recent years, the National Health and Health Commission has repeatedly issued publicity content and construction work related to thrombosis prevention and treatment. The fifth goal in the 2021 National Medical Quality and Safety Improvement Goal Notice is to improve the standard prevention rate of venous thromboembolism. The regional alliance of national pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis prevention and control capacity building projects has also expanded to nearly 20. Major tertiary hospitals have also begun to publicize the importance of thrombosis prevention, improve the public's awareness of thrombotic diseases, and promote the standardized diagnosis and treatment of thrombosis diseases.