Guidelines for Anticoagulation Therapy for Secondary Prevention After Deep Vein Thrombosis

Idiopathic PE – Take Home Points

June 2011

So the take-home point for idiopathic pulmonary embolism is that recurrent event is most likely to another pulmonary embolism. Furthermore, pulmonary embolism carries a high mortality risk which is considerably higher than deep vein thrombosis. Therefore, in selective patients with low risk of bleeding and good anticoagulation monitoring, prolonged secondary prophylaxis should be considered with warfarin therapy. Thank you very much for your time and attention.

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• Introduction
• Independent Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism¹
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• Aggressive Thrombophilia²
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• ACCP Treatment Duration Guidelines³
• D-Dimer Levels and Risk of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism⁴
• PROLONG: D-Dimer Testing to Determine Duration of Anticoagulation⁵
• PROLONG: D-Dimer Testing to Determine Duration of Anticoagulation⁵
• Idiopathic VTE
• Residual Vein Thrombosis (RVT) to Assess Optimal Management of DVT: DACUS Study⁶
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• Non-compressed vs. Compressed
• Idiopathic DVT: Take Home Point
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• Idiopathic PE – Take Home Points
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