Gut
These guidelines refer to patients undergoing elective endoscopic gastrointestinal procedures, and make recommendations on the management antiplatelet/anticoagulant therapy based on the risk of procedural haemorrhage vs. thrombosis if therapy is discontinued.
European Heart Journal
This guide has been updated including new information with a balanced guide in the areas where prospective data are still lacking. Changes include a discussion on the definition of 'non-valvular AF' and eligibility for DOAC therapy and finalised information on edoxaban.
The Lancet Neurology
Analysis (n= 6756 in 9 trials of alteplase vs. control) found that in alteplase group, net outcome is predicted both by time to treatment (faster time increasing % achieving excellent outcome) and stroke severity (more severe increasing absolute risk of intracerebral bleed).
British Medical Journal
Non-inferiority trial (n=518) found that stopping elastic compression stockings (ECS) after one year in compliant patients with proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) seemed not to be non-inferior to continuing ECS therapy for 2 years, with an NNT of 14.
European Heart Journal
This review provides a perspective on the use of antithrombotic treatments in patients with both AF and HF, and in patients with HF and sinus rhythm, with particular attention to the NOACs, and provides background for therapeutic, outcome and trial improvement.
Extended Thromboprophylaxis with Betrixaban in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
New England Journal of Medicine
In this RCT (n=7513), the primary efficacy outcome of composite asymptomatic proximal deep-vein thrombosis and symptomatic venous thromboembolism was not statistically significant (6.9% for betrixaban v 8.5% for enoxaparin in the group with raised d-dimer levels.
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