Risk of VTE Recurrence with Subsegmental PE not anticoagulated

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Episode 6 of CLOT Conversations from Thrombosis Canada. In this episode Dr Jameel Abdulrehman and David Airdrie are joined by Dr Gregoire Le Gal and Dr Marc Carrier, two of the authors of a recently published paper on the entitled Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation. The paper was published in the Annals of internal medicine, 175(1), 29-35 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-2981The authors discuss the results of the The SubSegmental Pulmonary Embolism (SSPE) study which was a prospective international multicenter management cohort study. The objective was to assess the rate of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with single or multiple isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism without proximal deep venous thrombosis that was managed without anticoagulation. Dr. Grégoire Le Gal, is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, the lead of the Thrombosis Program, Division of Hematology at Ottawa Hospital, and a Senior Scientist in the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program since July 2012. He was born and trained in France. His primary research interest is the diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE). He has 425 peer-reviewed publications in general internal medicine and specialized journals. He is the current chair of INVENT, the International Network of Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Research Networks.AndDr. Marc Carrier, the Head of the Division of Hematology at The Ottawa Hospital, a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program of The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He holds a Tier 1 Research Chair in Venous Thromboembolism and Cancer from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Carrier is also president of Thrombosis Canada.See also: Thrombosis Canada Tools related to the content:Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis: https://thrombosiscanada.ca/wp-uploads/uploads/2021/11/4.-Pulmonary-Embolism-Diagnosis_14November2021.pdfPulmonary Embolism Treatment: https://thrombosiscanada.ca/wp-uploads/uploads/2021/10/5.-Pulmonary-Embolism-Treatment_27Sept2021.pdfPulmonary Embolism Management tool:https://thrombosiscanada.ca/tools/?calc=vivomap261Follow us on Twitter:Dr Grégoire Le Gal : @GrelegalDr Marc Carrier: @MarcCarrier1Thrombosis Canada: @ThrombosisCan Reference: Le Gal, G., Kovacs, M. J., Bertoletti, L., Couturaud, F., Dennie, C., Hirsch, A. M., ... & SSPE Investigators. (2022). Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Annals of internal medicine, 175(1), 29-35.Support the showhttps://thrombosiscanada.caRegister today for our upcoming conference on November 7, 2026 in Montreal at https://thrombosiscanada.ca/2026ConferenceTake a look at our healthcare professional and patient resources, videos and publications on thrombosis from the expert members of Thrombosis Canada