New oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism
Although prof. Bounameaux thinks that the new anticoagulants will “revolutionize the treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism”, he directly mentions some drawbacks.
After a description of the present scheme, he tells about the expected future treatment, based on the RE-COVER and EINSTEIN studies. This requires a good therapeutic education of the patients.


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