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

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents pose a great risk in patients undergoing surgery. Because these products inhibit at least one, and often multiple, factors in the clotting cascade ...

[55] Perhaps the most difficult decision to be made in the management of a patient with a GI bleed after PCI is how to manage their antiplatelet and anticoagulant regimen. There are no data that ...

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

For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) appeared to offer better prevention of stroke and thromboembolic events ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Misr International University in Cairo (MIU) was established in accordance with the presidential decree no. 246 of the year 1996 with the purpose of developing an academic institution that would ...