For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...

BACKGROUND: Both unfractionated heparin (UFH) and low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) are approved for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis. Which agent is superior remains controversial.

Introduction Enoxaparin is a known alternative to the use of unfractionated heparin (UFH) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the evidence about which of these medications would ...

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

The HELP-PCI trial evaluated the impact of early administration of unfractionated heparin in patients with STEMI. The trial showed that early heparin administration improved myocardial blood flow but ...

A systematic review (PubMed and ISI Web of Knowledge) of clinical trials published in pregnant women suspected of placental insufficiency involving heparin treatment (both unfractionated and LMWH) ...

University of California, Berkeley─University of California, San Francisco Graduate Program in Bioengineering, San Francisco, California 94158, United States Department of Bioengineering and ...

(12) For patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, anticoagulation with heparin is front-line therapy; endovascular therapy may be considered particularly in cases of clinical deterioration ...

Notwithstanding the substantial progress in acute stroke care over the past 15 years, the focus of stroke medical advances and healthcare resources has been on acute and subacute recovery phases, ...

During this period, each center prospectively applied one of three periprocedural protocols: (a) two centers administered aspirin (250 mg IV); (b) one center administered aspirin and heparin (bolus+24 ...

Consider whether there is a real need to stop anticoagulation for the scheduled procedure. Do not use low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) to bridge direct oral anticoagulants. Do not use therapeutic ...