Does the clinical presentation and extent of venous thrombosis predict likelihood and type of recurrence? A patient‐level meta‐analysis

AIM: To determine if the mode of presentation of venous thromboembolism (VTE), as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), predicts the likelihood and type of recurrence. METHODS: We carried out a patient-level meta-analysis of seven prospective studies in patients with a first VTE who were followed after anticoagulation was stopped. We used Kaplan-Meier analysis to determine the cumulative incidence of recurrent VTE according to …