Anticoagulants - Therapeutic use
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Embolization of a giant pediatric, posttraumatic, skull base internal carotid artery aneurysm with a liquid embolic agent.

30 Oct 2009 Many treatments for posttraumatic, skull base aneurysms have been described. Eight months after an all-terrain-vehicle accident, this 12-year-old girl presented with right-side Horner syndrome caused by a 33 x 19-mm internal carotid artery aneurysm ... Read more...

Budd-Chiari syndrome as a vascular complication of amebic liver abscess.

30 Oct 2009 Amebiasis remains a major public health issue in most of the world. Amebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation. A complication such as venous obstruction associated with amebiais is rare. We report a thrombosis in hepatic ... Read more...

The APCs of neuroprotection.

17 Oct 2009 Mutations in the enzyme superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) have been linked to the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In this issue of the JCI, Zhong et al. report that the endogenous anticoagulant activated protein C (APC) is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anticoagulants - Therapeutic use'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for pulmonary arterial hypertension. 3 Nov 2009
• Embolization of a giant pediatric, posttraumatic, skull base internal carotid artery aneurysm with a liquid embolic agent. 30 Oct 2009
• Budd-Chiari syndrome as a vascular complication of amebic liver abscess. 30 Oct 2009
• Anticoagulants for patients with prosthetic heart valves. 29 Oct 2009
• Anticoagulants for patients with prosthetic heart valves. 29 Oct 2009
• The APCs of neuroprotection. 17 Oct 2009
• Phlegmasia cerulea dolens--a rare, life-threatening condition. 12 Oct 2009
• Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation therapy in children. 5 Oct 2009
• Role of clopidogrel loading dose in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty: results from the HORIZONS-AMI (harmonizing outcomes with revascularization and stents in acute myocardial infarction) trial. 4 Oct 2009
• Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation for maintenance of sinus rhythm: a road to nowhere. 4 Oct 2009
• [Anticoagulation during pregnancy following an artificial heart valve replacement] 4 Oct 2009
• Bleeding increases the risk of ischemic events in patients with peripheral arterial disease. 3 Oct 2009
• The intersection of risk and benefit: is warfarin anticoagulation suitable for atrial fibrillation in patients on hemodialysis? 29 Sep 2009
• Can the WATCHMAN device truly PROTECT from stroke in atrial fibrillation? 29 Sep 2009
• Prevention and management of stroke in very elderly patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Perioperative management of anticoagulated patients having cataract surgery: National audit of current practice of members of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. 29 Sep 2009
• Quality of care for atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized for heart failure. 27 Sep 2009
• [Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Marcumar alternative in sight] 15 Sep 2009
• Cancer, clots and consensus: new understanding of an old problem. 12 Sep 2009
• Venous thromboembolism in the hematologic malignancies. 12 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Anticoagulants'

Definition: Agents that prevent blood clotting. Naturally occurring agents in the blood are included only when they are used as drugs.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D000925

Alternative terms: Anticoagulants; Anticoagulant Agents; Agents, Anticoagulant; Anticoagulant Drugs; Drugs, Anticoagulant;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.954.502.119;

Technical Notes: not for circulating natural anticoagulants; consider also BLOOD COAGULATION /drug eff & THROMBOSIS /drug ther or related dis with /drug ther; DF: ANTICOAG