Table 2.

Categorization of included manuscripts.

Manuscript descriptive categories	Primary focus: VTE	Primary focus: PE	Primary focus: DVT	Primary focus: AF	Primary focus: ACS
Communication in diagnosis	[7,12,15,17,28]	[16,32,33,37]	[36]		[14]
Communication in treatment	[17,19,20,25,28,40]	[16,26,37]	[18,30]	[23]
Unmet needs in communication (Table 3)	[7,12,15,17, 20,25,28,40]	[16,37]	[24]
Best practice in communication (Table 4)	[7,19,20,34,40]	[16,26,32,33]	[18,30,36]	[23]	[14]

ACS, acute coronary syndrome; AF, atrial fibrillation; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism; VTE, venous thromboembolism.