TY - JOUR T1 - NICE guideline: management of venous thromboembolic diseases and role of thrombophilia testing JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 391 LP - 393 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202376 VL - 68 IS - 4 AU - Luke S Howard AU - Rodney J Hughes Y1 - 2013/04/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/68/4/391.abstract N2 - The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recently published a clinical guideline on the management of venous thromboembolic disease and thrombophilia testing. Several stand-out recommendations are made which may be practice changing for many physicians, such as catheter-directed thrombolysis for ilio-femoral deep venous thrombosis, routine cancer screening and extended duration of anticoagulation for unprovoked events. In this article, we summarise the key points of the guideline and discuss remaining areas of controversy. ER -