Comparison of the effectiveness and safety of low-molecular weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin anticoagulation after heart valve surgery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-594

  Bucci, Claudia ^a   Geerts, William H ^b   Sinclair, Andrew ^a   Fremes, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DALTEPARIN; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551680532     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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