News tagged with anticoagulants
Aspirin may prevent DVT and PE in joint replacement patients
Following a total joint replacement, anticoagulation (blood thinning) drugs can prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot deep within the extremities, or a pulmonary embolism (PE), a complication that causes a blood ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Study finds warfarin underutilized in women
Dr. Rabab Mohsin, an internal medicine resident at the University of Kentucky, working with Dr. Alison Bailey of the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute, has discovered that the drug warfarin was underutilized in ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Preventive use of blood thinners by cancer patients could save lives, cut costs
(Medical Xpress) -- Preventive use of blood thinners, or anticoagulants, in people receiving outpatient treatment for cancer could prevent the development of blood clots and improve their quality of life, according ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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New method for safer dosing of anticoagulants
Elderly people with atrial fibrillation are often treated with anticoagulants to thin the blood, but this medicine is hard to dose and patients have to have their blood tested regularly. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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New tick-borne disease discovered in Gothenburg
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered a brand new tick-borne infection. Since the discovery, eight cases have been described around the world, three of them in the Gothenburg area, ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Blood clot risk halved for patients checking their own Warfarin dose
(Medical Xpress) -- Patients who monitor their own treatment with warfarin or other blood-thinning drugs reduce their risk of developing blood clots by half, an Oxford University study has found.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Review of stroke treatment could save lives
Doctors are underutilising crucial medication to prevent deadly strokes in those with a common type of heart condition, new research says, leading to fresh calls for a review of current treatment strategies and more research ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Even low-dose aspirin may increase risk of GI bleeding
The risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding needs to be considered when determining the potential preventive benefits associated with low-dose aspirin for cardiovascular disease and cancer. According to a new study in Clinical Ga ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Don't be afraid: very old patients treated with Vitamin K antagonists, if adequately managed, benefit from anticoagulati
Results of the EPICA Study (Elderly Patients followed by Italian Centres for Anticoagulation Study), were presented at the ESC Congress 2011 today. This is the largest study on very old patients anticoagulated with Vitamin ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Cancer patients with blood clots gain no benefit from adding IVCF to fondaparinux
Cancer patients with blood clots -- which occur in one of every 200 cancer patients and are the second most common cause of death among cancer patients -- gain no benefit from the insertion of an inferior vena cava filter ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Final 3 year results from the landmark HORIZONS-AMI trial published in the Lancet
Data from the landmark HORIZONS-AMI clinical trial demonstrated that the administration of the anticoagulant medication bivalirudin enhanced survival compared to the use of heparin plus a glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitor ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Atrial fibrillation associated with increased risk of death and cardiovascular events in women
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that among women who are mostly healthy, those diagnosed with atrial fibrillation have an increased risk of death when compared to women without atrial fibrillation. ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
May 24, 2011 |
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Evidence of over-diagnosis of pulmonary embolisms as a result of CTPA
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), meant to improve detection of life-threatening pulmonary embolisms (PE), has led to over-diagnosis ...
May 09, 2011 |
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Non-cardiac surgery: Safe for patients with heart device
Non-cardiac surgery can be performed safely in patients with a heart device typically implanted into patients waiting for a transplant, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Blood-thinning treatment standards changing for heart patients, new research shows
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Massachusetts General Hospital have found that warfarin, a known anticoagulation (blood-thinning) drug, may not be as beneficial to some patients with atrial fibrillation ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Anticoagulant
An anticoagulant is a substance that prevents coagulation (clotting) of blood. A group of pharmaceuticals called anticoagulants can be used in vivo as a medication for thrombotic disorders. Some anticoagulants are used in medical equipment, such as test tubes, blood transfusion bags, and renal dialysis equipment.
For more information about Anticoagulant, read the full article at
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