NEW ORLEANS -- Patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease did worse when they received anticoagulants ...

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Protein S deficiency represents a rare but significant hereditary thrombophilia that poses substantial risks during pregnancy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Continuous anticoagulation significantly decreased the rate of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

In patients with atrial fibrillation and a recent stroke history, standard therapy plus catheter ablation did not significantly reduce the risk of the primary composite end point. The observed event ...

A series of neutral trials on anticoagulation in embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) has moved the needle scientifically but left physicians with questions about secondary prevention and the ...

New European data are offering reassurance that patients already taking an anticoagulant can continue taking their meds when they undergo TAVR, without needing to stop and bridge or increasing their ...

Effective anticoagulation is mandatory for pregnant women with mechanical heart valves. Oral anticoagulants offer the best maternal protection against thrombosis, but their use might be associated ...

PHOENIX, AZ—Much like in the setting of acute ischemic stroke, shorter times to treatment are associated with better outcomes in patients with anticoagulation-associated intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) ...

Jehan F. Chowdhury, D.O. Mr. Jackson is a 78-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia who was brought to the emergency department 48 hours ago with a 2-day history of shortness of breath and ...

Our meta-analysis suggests that anticoagulation, as compared with no active treatment, significantly reduced the risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (risk ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval ...