Coagulation and anticoagulation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
, 2015 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable, progressive interstitial lung disease with a prognosis that is worse than that of many cancers. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a link between IPF and thrombotic vascular events.
Crooks, Michael G., Hart, Simon P.
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Atrial Fibrillation on Patients with Vascular Dementia: A Fundamental Target for Correct Management
Brain Sciences, 2020 Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a risk factor for cerebrovascular diseases and vascular dementia (VAD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the adherence to anticoagulant therapy guidelines in patients with dementia and AF on the ...
Giovanna Viticchi +7 more
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Clinical and laboratory practice for lupus anticoagulant testing : an International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Scientific and Standardization Committee survey [PDF]
, 2019 Background Current guidelines have contributed to more uniformity in the performance and interpretation of lupus anticoagulant (LA) testing. However, points to reconsider include testing for LA in patients on anticoagulation, cut-off values, and ...
Cohen, Hannah +3 more
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How we treat bleeding associated with direct oral anticoagulants [PDF]
, 2016 Direct oral anticoagulants are at least as effective as vitamin K antagonists for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolism. Unfortunately, differently from vitamin K antagonists, they have the great drawback of lacking specific antidotes in the ...
Franchini, Massimo +4 more
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A prospective survey of the persistence of warfarin or NOAC in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a COmparison study of Drugs for symptom control and complication prEvention of Atrial Fibrillation (CODE-AF) [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020 Background/Aims Efforts to reduce stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have focused on increasing physician adherence to oral anticoagulant (OAC) guidelines; however, the high early discontinuation rate of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) is a ...
Hyeongsoo Kim +15 more
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Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020 Background There is limited information on real‐world practice versus current clinical practice guidelines for oral anticoagulant reversal before emergency surgery.
Jerrold H. Levy +4 more
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Threats to safe transitions from hospital to home: a consensus study in North West London primary care. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Transitions between healthcare settings are vulnerable points for patients. AIM: To identify key threats to safe patient transitions from hospital to primary care settings.
Ashrafian, H. +5 more
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Midterm outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiac tamponade
Journal of Arrhythmia, 2019 Background Cardiac tamponade is a serious complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the outcomes of catheter ablation in patients of cardiac tamponade are unknown.
Yoshiaki Yui +8 more
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Apixaban Enhances Endogenous Fibrinolysis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
, 2019 © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.AIMS: Approximately 20% of ischaemic stroke patients exhibit spontaneous arterial recanalization, attributable to endogenous fibrinolysis, which ...
Arachchillage, Deepa RJ +7 more
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Atrial Fibrillation and Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Appraisal of Pathophysiologic Mechanisms [PDF]
, 2016 A growing body of evidence suggests that atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with myocardial infarction (MI). However, incidence and management of MI in AF is still undefined. METHODS AND RESULTS: We searched MEDLINE via PubMed and Cochrane database
PASTORI, DANIELE +3 more
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