Patients with high levels of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) following at least three months of anticoagulation for unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) are at low risk of recurrent VTE—Results from the ExACT randomised controlled trial.

Background: There is clinical need for a laboratory biomarker to identify patients who, following an unprovoked venous thrombosis (VTE), are at low VTE recurrence risk and can discontinue anticoagulation after a limited treatment duration (3–6 m). This secondary analysis of the ExACT study aimed to...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Bradbury, Tracey Buckley, Yong Zhong Sun, Peter Rose, David Fitzmaurice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537019302172