Anticoagulation early after mechanical valve replacement: Improved management with patient self-testing

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-604

  Thompson, Jess L ^a   Burkhart, Harold M ^b   Daly, Richard C ^b   Dearani, Joseph A ^b   Joyce, Lyle D ^b   Suri, Rakesh M ^b   Schaff, Hartzell V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

INR; international normalized ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

2; 35.3.4; INR; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881616330     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.03.088     Document Type: Article

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