Anticoagulant choices in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves: Balancing maternal and fetal risks - The difference the dose makes

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages S8-

  McLintock, Claire ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Low molecular weight heparin; Mechanical prosthetic heart valves; Pregnancy; Thrombosis; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; EMBRYOPATHY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; FETUS WASTAGE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

EID: 84875157389     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(13)70010-0     Document Type: Article

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