Is early anticoagulation with warfarin necessary after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1024-1031

  Sundt, T M ^a   Zehr, K J ^a   Dearani, J A ^a   Daly, R C ^a   Mullany, C J ^a   McGregor, C G A ^a   Puga, F J ^a   Orszulak, T A ^a   Schaff, H V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 18244362797     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.11.028     Document Type: Article

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