Does discontinuing oral anticoagulant therapy after 6 months affect recurrence in patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism?
Women with 0 or 1 risk factor can safely discontinue oral anticoagulation 6 months after a first unprovoked VTE, whereas men cannot.
Women with 0 or 1 risk factor may safely discontinue oral anticoagulant therapy after 6 months of therapy following a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism. This criterion does not apply to men.
Rodger et al. (Thu,) studied this question.