Long-term, low-intensity warfarin therapy for the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism.

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Published in N Engl J Med on February 24, 2003

Authors

Paul M Ridker1, Samuel Z Goldhaber, Ellie Danielson, Yves Rosenberg, Charles S Eby, Steven R Deitcher, Mary Cushman, Stephan Moll, Craig M Kessler, C Gregory Elliott, Rolf Paulson, Turnly Wong, Kenneth A Bauer, Bruce A Schwartz, Joseph P Miletich, Henri Bounameaux, Robert J Glynn, PREVENT Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02215, USA. pridker@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Epidemiology of Venous Thromboembolism | NCT00041457

Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism (PREVENT) | NCT00000614

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