Would you recommend indefinite or extended anticoagulation in any scenario of a provoked clot?
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Hematology · University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
The answer, like most decisions with the duration of anticoagulation after a VTE, is it depends.
The provoking factor is key to determining whether anticoagulation continuing beyond the treatment of the acute event is needed. If the provoking factor was a joint replacement surgery, even in the prese...