Chest
Volume 160, Issue 6, December 2021, Pages 2247-2259
Pulmonary Vascular: Guidelines and Consensus StatementsExecutive Summary: Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: Second Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report
Key Words
antithrombotic therapy
DVT
guidelines
pulmonary embolism
thrombosis
Abbreviations
AC
anticoagulation
APS
antiphospholipid syndrome
ASH
American Society of Hematology
AT9
Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
CAT
cancer-associated thrombosis
CDT
catheter-directed thrombolysis
CVT
cerebral vein thrombosis
DOAC
direct-acting oral anticoagulant
ESC
European Society of Cardiology
EtD
evidence-to-decision
ISSPE
isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism
IVC
inferior vena cava
LMWH
low-molecular-weight heparin
NICE
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
PE
pulmonary embolism
PICO
Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome
PTS
postthrombotic syndrome
SVT
superficial venous thrombosis
VKA
vitamin K antagonist
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