Let's Stop Dichotomizing Venous Thromboembolism as Provoked or Unprovoked

Circulation. 2018 Dec 4;138(23):2591-2593. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036548.

Authors

Ida Ehlers Albertsen^{1

2

3}, Gregory Piazza³, Samuel Z Goldhaber³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark (I.E.A.).
² Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Aalborg University, Denmark (I.E.A.).
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (I.E.A., G.P., S.Z.G.).

PMID: 30571266
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036548

No abstract available

Keywords: provoked; recurrence; risk stratification; unprovoked; venous thromboembolism.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Recurrence
Risk Factors
Rivaroxaban / therapeutic use
Venous Thromboembolism / drug therapy*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Rivaroxaban