Anti-coagulation during pregnancy in women with mechanical heart valves: A prospective study

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-51

  Khamoushi, Amir Jamshid ^a   Kashfi, Fahimeh ^a,b   Hosseini, Saeid ^a   Ghavidel, Ali Reza Alizadeh ^a   Samiei, Niloufar ^a   Haddadzadeh, Mehdi ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c Afshar Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Heparin; Mechanical Heart Valve; Pregnancy; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ABORTION; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOPATHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 79959865330     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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