Safer anticoagulant therapy after heart valve replacement
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 101 (3) , 85-94
- https://doi.org/10.3810/pgm.1997.03.182
Abstract
The use of anticoagulants in patients who undergo heart valve replacement greatly reduces the rate of thromboembolism but increases the risk of bleeding. A number of studies have been done to determine the efficacy of anticoagulation regimens that are less intense than those considered standard. Dr Turpie reviews these and lists the current recommendations of the American College of Chest Physicians.Keywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Mechanical and Biological Prosthetic Heart ValvesChest, 1995
- Optimal Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients with Mechanical Heart ValvesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1995
- Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulant TreatmentChest, 1992
- Heparin: Mechanism of Action, Pharmacokinetics, Dosing Considerations, Monitoring, Efficacy, and SafetyChest, 1992
- Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Mechanical and Biological Prosthetic Heart ValvesChest, 1992
- Trial of Different Intensities of Anticoagulation in Patients with Prosthetic Heart ValvesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1990
- RANDOMISED COMPARISON OF TWO INTENSITIES OF ORAL ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY AFTER TISSUE HEART VALVE REPLACEMENTThe Lancet, 1988
- Different Intensities of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in the Treatment of Proximal-Vein ThrombosisNew England Journal of Medicine, 1982
- Thromboembolic Complications with the Cloth-Covered Starr-Edwards Aortic Prosthesis in Patients Not Receiving AnticoagulantsThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1977
- Thromboembolic Phenomena in Patients with Prosthetic Aortic Valves Who Did Not Receive AnticoagulantsThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1977