Anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical heart valve prostheses

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Meschengieser, S S ^a,b   Fondevila, C G ^a   Santarelli, M T ^a   Lazzari, M A ^a  

^a INST DE INVEST HEMATOLOGICAS   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Heparin; Oral anticoagulants; Pregnancy; Prosthetic valves

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032989344     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.1.23     Document Type: Article

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