Aniticoagulation in patients following prosthetic heart valve replacement

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Akhtar, Raja Parvez ^a   Abid, Abdul Rehman ^a   Zafar, Hasnain ^a   Khan, Jawad Sajid ^a  

^a PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; International normalized ratio; Prosthetic heart valve; Rheumatic heart disease; Valve thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD COAGULATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549131145     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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