Von Willebrand factor predicts major bleeding and mortality during oral anticoagulant treatment

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Lind, M ^a   Boman, K ^a   Johansson, L ^a   Nilsson, T K ^b   Järvholm, L Slunga ^a   Jansson, J H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Mortality; Oral anticoagulation; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WARFARIN;

EID: 84857573959     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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