For patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of stroke or heart attack from stopping anticoagulants usually outweighs the risk of bleeding, according to new findings from the University of Bath.

Researchers have found in a cohort study that patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) receiving a factor Xa inhibitor and ...

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) in patients at moderate to high risk for stroke who were undergoing catheter atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation resulted in significantly less bleeding compared ...

For decades, unfractionated heparin (hereafter, heparin) has been the primary anticoagulant used for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. More recently, however, bivalirudin, a direct ...

Clinical valve thrombosis (CVT) is a rare complication after TAVR with an incidence of 0.6–2.8%. 1 Treatment with oral anticoagulants (OAC) may resolve thrombosis in most of cases of SLT, and ...

This has led to serious interest in real estate bridging finance, as it is an asset class that can provide investors with relatively consistent, stable, asset-backed and superior risk-adjusted ...

Tech cos are addressing the generational gap in the workforce, as offices now feature Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z. Companies like Infosys, Capgemini and Mphasis are implementing ...

Speed bridging can be done by letting go of the crouch button just for a few milliseconds to walk over the placed block faster (Image via Mojang Studios) Although moving diagonally while crouching ...

An­thos Ther­a­peu­tics’ an­ti­co­ag­u­lant pos­es a low­er risk of bleed­ing events than Bay­er and J&J’s Xarel­to when used to pre­vent blood clots in atri­al fib­ril­la ...

A court in Quebec has denied a brokerage firm’s bid to stay a lawsuit over investors’ alleged losses on funds in failed alternative fund manager, Bridging Finance Inc. (BFI), until regulatory and ...