The available parenteral and oral anticoagulants have a large clinical use. Understanding biochemistry of anticoagulants may help to improve therapeutic strategies. Resistance to vitamin K antagonist drugs might be a problem for rodent populations. Patients who have thrombogenic risk factors should be anticoagulated. The need for cardiac implantable electronic devices is increasing, and there is a
substantial number of patients who are on oral anticoagulant therapy. Prothrombin complex concentrate and other plasma concentrates are useful to deal with over-coagulated situations. The efficacy and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants have been proven in large phase III trials. The real-world data suggest even better outcomes with these agents compared to vitamin K antagonists.
Edited by:
Ozcan Basaran, Murat Biteker Imprint: Intechopen Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 260mm,
Width: 180mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 445g ISBN:9789535126669 ISBN 10: 9535126660 Pages: 150 Publication Date:08 September 2016 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active