“…A large number of the included articles involved analysis of the studies or sub-studies of the following randomized clinical trials: PADIS-PE, PADIS-DVT, APEX, XALIA, RE-COVER, RE-COVER II, Hokusai-VTE, Hokusai-VTE Cancer, Einstein Choice, Einstein-Extension, PEGeD, ExACT, and VISTA [ 15 - 17 , 20 , 28 , 29 , 36 , 37 , 39 - 44 ]. One case report from India was included that discussed the use of anticoagulants in a female patient with DVT [ 24 ]. Many articles featured a discussion on the use of D-dimer testing as part of the algorithm in deciding anticoagulation duration, and four of those articles were included in this review [ 11 , 12 , 23 , 37 ].…”