Withdrawal of warfarin prior to a surgical procedure: Time to follow the guidelines?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Akopov, Sergey E ^a   Suzuki, Shuichi ^b   Fredieu, Andre ^b   Kidwell, Chelsea S ^b   Saver, Jeffrey L ^b   Cohen, Stanley N ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioembolic stroke; Cerebrovascular disease; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX ROLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 18644385945     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085027     Document Type: Article

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