Rivaroxaban for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. The SWIss Venous ThromboEmbolism Registry (SWIVTER)

We investigated three-month clinical outcomes in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) treated with rivaroxaban or conventional anticoagulation in routine clinical practice. Between November 2012 and February 2015, 2,062 consecutive patients with VTE from 11 acute care hospitals in Switzerland...

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Veröffentlicht in:Thrombosis and haemostasis 2016-09, Vol.116 (3), p.472-479
Hauptverfasser: Kucher, Nils, Aujesky, Drahomir, Beer, Jürg H, Mazzolai, Lucia, Baldi, Thomas, Banyai, Martin, Hayoz, Daniel, Kaeslin, Thomas, Korte, Wolfgang, Escher, Robert, Husmann, Marc, Frauchiger, Beat, Baumgartner, Iris, Spirk, David
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Zusammenfassung:We investigated three-month clinical outcomes in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) treated with rivaroxaban or conventional anticoagulation in routine clinical practice. Between November 2012 and February 2015, 2,062 consecutive patients with VTE from 11 acute care hospitals in Switzerland were enrolled in the SWIss Venous ThromboEmbolism Registry (SWIVTER). Overall, 417 (20 %) patients were treated with rivaroxaban. In comparison to 1,645 patients on conventional anticoagulation, patients on rivaroxaban were younger (56 ± 18 vs. 65 ± 17 years; p
ISSN:0340-6245
2567-689X
DOI:10.1160/TH16-03-0209