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Blood· 2014Q1· Review

Direct oral anticoagulants compared with vitamin K antagonists for acute venous thromboembolism: evidence from phase 3 trials

Nick van Es, Michiel Coppens, Sam Schulman, Saskia Middeldorp et al.

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Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) showed similar efficacy to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) (2.0% vs. 2.2%) but significantly reduced major bleeding risk (RR 0.61) across 6 phase 3 trials involving 27,023 patients.

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Field: Internal Medicine

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