TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE)
AU - Streiff, Michael B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Michael B. Streiff, MD has received research funding from Portola and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. He has consulted on behalf of Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Janssen and Pfizer. He has served on a data safety monitoring board for Bio2 Medical.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - To optimize patient outcomes with anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism (VTE), it is essential to assess patients for their recurrence risk. In this article, I will review the impact of clinical and laboratory risk factors for recurrent VTE. The presence or absence of VTE risk factors at the time of the index thrombotic event provides important information regarding recurrence risk. Patients with potent situational risk factors for thrombosis (e.g., surgery) are at low risk for recurrence while patients suffering unprovoked events are at high risk for recurrence. The presence of non-surgical clinical risk factors place patients at intermediate recurrence risk. Other clinical risk factors of variable recurrence potential include age, sex, cancer, pregnancy/puerperium, hormonal therapy and obesity. Laboratory risk factors for recurrence include thrombophilia, D dimer and other global coagulation assays as well as residual venous obstruction. Several multivariate VTE risk assessment models have been developed that combine clinical and laboratory risk factors of recurrence. If validated, these risk scores may allow for personalized anticoagulation therapy tailored to patients’ individual recurrence risk.
AB - To optimize patient outcomes with anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism (VTE), it is essential to assess patients for their recurrence risk. In this article, I will review the impact of clinical and laboratory risk factors for recurrent VTE. The presence or absence of VTE risk factors at the time of the index thrombotic event provides important information regarding recurrence risk. Patients with potent situational risk factors for thrombosis (e.g., surgery) are at low risk for recurrence while patients suffering unprovoked events are at high risk for recurrence. The presence of non-surgical clinical risk factors place patients at intermediate recurrence risk. Other clinical risk factors of variable recurrence potential include age, sex, cancer, pregnancy/puerperium, hormonal therapy and obesity. Laboratory risk factors for recurrence include thrombophilia, D dimer and other global coagulation assays as well as residual venous obstruction. Several multivariate VTE risk assessment models have been developed that combine clinical and laboratory risk factors of recurrence. If validated, these risk scores may allow for personalized anticoagulation therapy tailored to patients’ individual recurrence risk.
KW - D dimer
KW - Recurrence
KW - Risk assessment models
KW - Risk factors
KW - Venous thromboembolism
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U2 - 10.1007/s11239-015-1188-4
DO - 10.1007/s11239-015-1188-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 25721218
AN - SCOPUS:84925500679
SN - 0929-5305
VL - 39
SP - 353
EP - 366
JO - Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
JF - Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
IS - 3
ER -