LMWHs have an additional advantage over unfractionated heparin: No volume load

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 43-44, 2009, Pages 642-

  Koracevic, Goran Pante ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA;

EID: 70449427979     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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