Adherence to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for the management of anticoagulation in patients with mechanical valves undergoing elective outpatient procedures

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 891-893

  Kirtane, Ajay J ^a   Rahman, Aref M ^a   Martinezclark, Pedro ^a   Jeremias, Allen ^a   Seto, Todd B ^b   Manning, Warren J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPSY; CARDIOLOGY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREMEDICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 33644610386     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.09.139     Document Type: Article

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