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Optimal duration of anticoagulation. Provoked versus unprovoked VTE and role of adjunctive thrombophilia and imaging tests.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jun 2015
Prandoni Paolo, Barbar Sofia, Milan Marta, Campello Elena, Spiezia Luca, Piovella Chiara, Pesavento Raffaele
Abstract excerpt
Once anticoagulation is stopped, the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) over years after a first episode is consistently around 30%. This risk is higher in patients with unprovoked than in those with (transient) provoked VTE, and among the latter in patients with medical than in those with surgical risk factors. Baseline parameters that have been found to be related to the risk of recurrent VTE are...
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