Effectiveness and Safety of Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Rivaroxaban and Apixaban in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Meta-Analysis of Real-World Studies.
Olivia WuStephen MorrisTorben Bjerregaard LarsenFlemming SkjøthAlex EvansKevin BowrinPiotr WojciechowskiWojciech MargasMaria HuelsebeckPublished in: Cardiovascular therapeutics (2022)
This analysis indicates that in real-world practice, rivaroxaban and apixaban are associated with a lower risk of recurrent VTE and major bleeding events compared with SoC. Survival benefit in patients treated with rivaroxaban was also observed.