Francis Couturaud

@FCouturaud

Professor of Pulmonology. MD, PhD Director of the research unit GETBO, UMR 1304, Brest University Hospital, France. Coordinator of the INNOVTE network.

France Joined September 2019

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Francis Couturaud @FCouturaud Jan 5, 2021

Systematic search for PE in COPD ? Read this. Thx to all my collègues.
Pulmonary Embolism Prevalence Among Patients With COPD With Acutely Worsening Respiratory Symptoms ja.ma/2XgJNKI via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork

Francis Couturaud @FCouturaud Jul 1, 2025

Great Life in Brest

Francis Couturaud @FCouturaud Jun 8, 2025

Fantastic scientific meeting on 6th June 2026 in Brest by our research group @U1304GETBO, with brillant interventions, international leaders in VTE from @INNOVTE1, in Brest. 70 participants. @capucinsbrest, @FCRIN_network, CHU Brest, @UBO_UnivBrest , @Inserm, CIC1412 inserm.

Francis Couturaud @FCouturaud Apr 26, 2025

From Steve Noumegni, one of my brightest PhD student. More about predicting both venous and arterial events after VTE. « Prediction of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism and Arterial Cardiovascular Events after Discontinuation of Anticoag… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40203886/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Prediction of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism and Arterial Cardiovascular Events after Discontin... Patients who had venous thromboembolism (VTE) are not only at increased risk of recurrent VTE but also of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) than the general population. Therefore, the...

Francis Couturaud @FCouturaud Feb 28, 2025

Extended treatment of venous thromboembolism with reduced-dose versus full-dose direct oral anticoagulants in patients at high risk of recurrence: a non-inferiority, multicentre, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint trial - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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www.thelancet.com Extended treatment of venous thromboembolism with reduced-dose versus full-dose direct oral... In patients with venous thromboembolism requiring extended anticoagulation, reduction of the direct oral anticoagulant dose did not meet the non-inferiority criteria. However, the low recurrence...