Aspirin prevents recurrent venous thromboembolism

N Engl J Med2012; doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1210384

When people with an unprovoked episode of venous thromboembolism complete oral anticoagulation, they have to choose between two unsatisfactory options. They can stop treatment altogether and risk a recurrence, or they can continue with the inconvenience of oral vitamin K antagonists and risk a bleed. Long term treatment with low …