3. Program Goals

4. Background: Anticoagulation in Patients With VTE

5. ACCP Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antithrombotic Therapy of VTE

6. Home vs In-Hospital Treatment of DVT

7. Practical Advantages of Using NOACs vs Traditional Treatment

8. Diagnosis of PE

9. Diagnostic Approaches

10. Selection of Truly Low-Risk Patients Eligible for Outpatient Treatment

11. Risk Stratification: Types of Clinical Scores

12. PESI and sPESI Criteria

13. Factors to Consider for Home Treatment

14. NOACs

15. NOACs Trials: VTE Prevention and Treatments

16. NOACs: Outcomes From VTE Extension Trials

17. EINSTEIN-PE Trial: Meta-analysis Based on PESI Score

18. Hokusai-VTE Study: Analyses Based on NT-proBNP Levels

19. NOAC Treatment Selection in VTE

20. Overall Summary

21. Abbreviations

22. Abbreviations (cont)