Volume 130, Issue 6, Pages 1808-1816 (December 2006) Is Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism After Therapy Reduced by Low-Molecular- Weight Heparin Compared With Oral Anticoagulants? Ferretti Gianluigi , MD, PhD, Bria Emilio , MD, Giannarelli Diana , MD, PhD, Carlini Paolo , MD, Felici Alessandra , MD, Mandalà Mario , MD, Papaldo Paola , MD, Fabi Alessandra , MD, Ciccarese Mariangela , MD, Cuppone Federica , MD, Cecere Fabiana Letizia , MD, Nuzzo Carmen , MD, Terzoli Edmondo , MD, Cognetti Francesco , MD CHEST Volume 130, Issue 6, Pages 1808-1816 (December 2006) DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.6.1808 Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram. RCTs = randomized controlled trials. CHEST 2006 130, 1808-1816DOI: (10.1378/chest.130.6.1808) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 VTE during follow-up after active anticoagulant treatment. Effect = RR; Lower = 95% CI RR lower limit; Upper = 95% CI RR upper limit; Ntotal = total number of patients; Fixed Combined = fixed-effect model estimation; Random Combined = random-effect model estimation. OA = oral anticoagulants. Treated = patients receiving LMWH; Control = patients receiving oral antagonists. CHEST 2006 130, 1808-1816DOI: (10.1378/chest.130.6.1808) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 VTE during active anticoagulant treatment. See Figure 2 for explanation of terms. CHEST 2006 130, 1808-1816DOI: (10.1378/chest.130.6.1808) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 VTE during active anticoagulant treatment in cancer patients. See Figure 2 for explanation of terms. CHEST 2006 130, 1808-1816DOI: (10.1378/chest.130.6.1808) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Funnel plot of SE by effect size concerning those studies8,1011,1213,14,15 selected for assessing recurrent VTE during follow-up after cessation of active treatment. CHEST 2006 130, 1808-1816DOI: (10.1378/chest.130.6.1808) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions