Effect of low-dose aspirin on the international normalized ratio variability in patients with mechanical heart valve prostheses

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 155-157

  Casais, Patricia ^a,b   Meschengieser, Susana S ^a   Sanchez Luceros, Analia G ^a   Bermejo, Emilse I ^a   Lazzari, Maria A ^a  

^a ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Bleeding risk; Heart valve prostheses, mechanical; International normalized ratio variability

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACENOCOUMAROL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0344084428     PISSN: 14248832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070420     Document Type: Article

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