In the body, as everywhere in life, there is a natural balance. In the case of coagulation it is between the promoting and inhibiting components. On...

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Lectures to subject "Anticoagulation"

Oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) with warfarin has been used for more than 60 years to prevent blood from clotting inside the heart or in blood...

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Utilizing the correct intensity of a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and maintaining the patient in the therapeutic range are two of the most important...

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For patients taking warfarin (Coumadin) the only Vitamin K antagonist (VKAs) available in the US, keeping within ones INR range lessens the chance of...

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