Anticoagulation is an important therapeutic strategy to treat and prevent recurrent thrombotic events in patients after acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. However, available ...

Thirteen patients with liver disease and an abnormal prothrombin time refractory to vitamin K therapy were studied (Tables 1 and 2). None of the patients were actively bleeding, and none had received ...

The coagulation factor XI (FXI) from the liver acts as an endocrine molecule in the heart, protecting it from heart failure. Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that ...

Whether or not to recommend anticoagulation for patients with chronic heart failure (HF) is a complex decision. There are scant data concerning the incidence of and risk factors for thromboembolism, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anticoagulants are one of the most commonly prescribed medication classes, and the utilization of these agents ...

Point-of-care coagulometers (the CoaguChek XS system and the INRatio2 PT/INR monitor) for self-monitoring coagulation status in people on long-term vitamin K antagonist therapy who have atrial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DESTIN, Fla. — In-hospital deaths among patients with adult-onset Still’s disease was significantly higher among ...

The impact of the characteristics of extrahepatic organ failure (EHOF) including the onset time, number, type, and sequence on the prognosis of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients remains ...

Drug resistance is defined as the lack of expected response to a standard therapeutic dose of a drug or as resistance resulting from biologic changes in the target, as occurs in antibiotic resistance.