Prediction of recurrent venous thrombosis in all patients with a first venous thrombotic event: The Leiden Thrombosis Recurrence Risk Prediction model (L-TRRiP)

• Published in: PLOS Medicine
• Main Authors: Timp, Jasmijn F., Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas, Lijfering, Willem M., van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, Hansen, John-Bjarne, Rosendaal, Frits Richard, le Cessie, Saskia, Cannegieter, Suzanne C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Medical disciplines: 700; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700; Meier; Norway; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17705; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002883

Background - Recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common. Current guidelines suggest that patients with unprovoked VTE should continue anticoagulants unless they have a high bleeding risk, whereas all others can stop. Prediction models may refine this dichotomous distinction, but existing model...