A 58-year-old woman with unprovoked proximal DVT completed 3 months of apixaban without bleeding and is low bleeding risk. What maintenance strategy i...

Question

A 58-year-old woman with unprovoked proximal DVT completed 3 months of apixaban without bleeding and is low bleeding risk. What maintenance strategy is reasonable?

Accepted Answer

Extended low-dose DOAC (e.g. apixaban 2.5 mg BID)

Answer

Stop anticoagulation now

Answer

Switch to aspirin

Answer

Full-dose DOAC indefinitely

Answer

Place IVC filter

unprovoked dvt—extended therapy MCQ (SBA): Unprovoked DVT

A 58-year-old woman with unprovoked proximal DVT completed 3 months of apixaban without bleeding and is low bleeding risk. What maintenance strategy is reasonable?