Should patients post-cardiac surgery be given low molecular weight heparin for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 624-629

  Close, Victoria ^a   Purohit, Manoj ^b   Tanos, Marios ^c   Hunter, Steven ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low molecular weight heparin; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEART SURGERY; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33749378235     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.137703     Document Type: Article

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