Treatment of deep vein thrombosis in patients with pulmonary embolism: Subgroup analysis on the efficacy and safety of certoparin vs. unfractionated heparin

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 838-844

  Riess, Hanno ^a   Becker, Lena K ^b   Melzer, Nima ^b   Harenberg, Job ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certoparin heparin; Low molecular weight venous thrombosis pulmonary embolism thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

CERTOPARIN; HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84927692393     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000166     Document Type: Article

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