Gualtiero Palareti, Emilia Antonucci, Eugenio Bucherini, Antonella Caronna, Antonio Chistolini, Angela Di Giorgio, Rosella Di Giulio, Anna Falanga, Vittorio Fregoni, Mariagrazia Garzia, Daniela Mastroiacovo, Marco Marzolo, Roberta Pancani, Daniele Pastori, Gian Marco Podda, Anna Maria Rigoni, Luigi Ria, Piera Sivera, Sophie Testa, Adriana Visonà, Roberto Parisi, Daniela Poli, On Behalf Of The Start Post Vte Investigators
BACKGROUND: Patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) need anticoagulation (AC) therapy for at least 3/6 months (primary treatment); after that period, they should receive a decision on the duration of therapy. METHODS: This study examined the complications occurring during two years of follow-up (FU) in patients with a first VTE who were recruited in 20 clinical centers and had discontinued or prolonged AC. They were included in the START2-POST-VTE prospective observational study...
February 27, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine