A new study has found that the risk of serious bleeding is similar when taking the blood thinners apixaban and dabigatran compared to aspirin. However, the blood thinner rivaroxaban has a higher ...

Cancer diagnoses tended to arise more in patients who bled on oral anticoagulants (OACs), a Canadian population-based cohort ...

Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that is particularly prevalent in young women (ie, mean age 44 years) and accounts for 0·5–3% of all strokes. The ...

Patients affected by sinus thrombosis are treated with blood thinners. Traditionally, these patients are prescribed vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). In order to give the correct dosage, regular check-ups ...

For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, de-escalating dual ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine trials comparing non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants with low-dose aspirin ...

Major bleeding was low overall, but the findings align with other large datasets showing greater risk with rivaroxaban.

For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...