The Mechanism of Action of Oral Anticoagulants and Its Consequences for the Practice of Oral Anticoagulation

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Abstract
A short review on the discovery of the relation between vitamin K and the synthesis of clotting factors and on the development of anticoagulant therapy is given. The pro-coagulant activity induced by vitamin K resides in the postribosomal modification of N-terminal glutamic acids in γ-COOH glutamic acids. The mode of action of oral anticoagulants is explained. The concentration-effect relations and the choice of an oral anticoagulant is discussed.

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