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DOACs in Transition: Examining the Challenges and Complexity of Transitions in Care
The Expert Circle
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• Optimize anticoagulant therapy for patients with acute medical illness post-discharge
• Discuss limitations of various VTE prophylaxis guideline recommendations for patients with acute medical illness in the context of recent evidence
• Interpret the latest data on DOACs to develop strategies optimizing post-discharge VTE prophylaxis in patients with acute medical illness
• Identify patients that would benefit from DOAC therapy post-discharge

Alex Spyropoulos, MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine - Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Professor - Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
System Director - Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Northwell Health
Hempstead, NY
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