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Use of warfarin in long-term care: a systematic review
Background The use of warfarin in older patients requires special consideration because of concerns with comorbidities, interacting medications, and the risk of bleeding.
Neidecker Marjorie+3 more
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Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant most-commonly prescribed for prevention and treatment of thromboembolism. It is widely acknowledged that warfarin has both narrow therapeutic index and various drug-food interactions, thus carrying the risk of ...
Vitarani D.A Ningrum+4 more
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The Active Metabolite of Warfarin (3'-Hydroxywarfarin) and Correlation with INR, Warfarin and Drug Weekly Dosage in Patients under Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Pharmacogenetics Study. [PDF]
Warfarin oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) requires regular and frequent drug adjustment monitored by INR. Interindividual variability, drug and diet interferences, and genetics (VKORC1 and CYP2C9) make the maintenance/reaching of stable INR a not so easy
Donato Gemmati+11 more
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An evidence-based review of edoxaban and its role in stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. [PDF]
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the elderly. It is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality from cardioembolic complications like stroke.
Acharya, Tushar, Deedwania, Prakash
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Mekanik Kalp Kapaklı Hastalarda Antikoagülan Kullanımı ve Warfarin Direnci
Amaç: Mekanik kalp kapağı olan hastalarda warfarin direnci olanlar tespit edildi ve bu hastalarda uygulanan tedavi seçenekleri değerlendirildi.Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmaya 2006-2014 yılları arasında ınr takipleri yapılan mekanik kalp kapağı takılmış 40 ...
Ergun Salman+3 more
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An Atypical Case of Warfarin-Induced Skin Necrosis
Skin necrosis is a relatively rare, potentially fatal side effect of warfarin. It is most commonly reported within 10 days of initiation of therapy in warfarin-naïve patients.
Lindsay R. Sklar, Anne Messman
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Current clinician perspective on non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant use in challenging clinical cases. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The evolution of non-vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants (NOACs) has changed the horizon of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (SPAF).
Acar, RD+12 more
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Atrial amyloidosis: mechanisms and clinical manifestations
Atrial amyloidosis: pathophysiology and clinical manifestations. Atrial amyloidosis can manifest as part of a systemic disorder (as in amyloid light‐chain [AL] or transthyretin [ATTR] amyloidosis), or be isolated (in the form due to atrial natriuretic type [ANP] accumulation); this last form is often associated with permanent or persistent atrial ...
Giuseppe Vergaro+11 more
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Apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation.
BACKGROUND Vitamin K antagonists are highly effective in preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation but have several limitations. Apixaban is a novel oral direct factor Xa inhibitor that has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke in a ...
Christopher B Granger+31 more
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Abstract Biomolecules such as serum proteins can interact with drugs in the body and influence their pharmaceutical effects. Specific and precise methods that analyze these interactions are critical for drug development or monitoring and for diagnostic purposes.
Sadia Sharmeen+3 more
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