State-of-the-Art Mini Review: Dual-Pathway Inhibition to Reduce Arterial and Venous Thromboembolism

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and arterial thromboembolism (ATE) are linked by the common mechanism of thrombin generation. Historically these entities have been treated as separate pathophysiologic processes requiring different treatments: VTE, as the formation of fibrin-/coagulation-factor-derived thrombus in low-flow vasculature, requiring anticoagulants; versus ATE, as largely platelet-derived thrombus in high-flow vasculature, requiring …