Sean B. Smith, MD; Jeffrey B. Geske, MD; Jennifer M. Maguire, MD; Nicholas A. Zane, BA; Rickey E. Carter, PhD; Timothy I. Morgenthaler, MD, FCCP We identified several ...

THROMBOEMBOLISM accounts for much of the morbidity and mortality that follow major trauma. Patients with fractures of the hip are especially prone to the development of venous thromboses, perhaps ...

More than 6 million patients in the United States receive long-term anticoagulation therapy for the prevention of thromboembolism due to atrial fibrillation, placement of a mechanical heart-valve ...

In this issue of Journal of Oncology Practice, the review by Sorigue and Miljkovic 1 on thromboembolic risk in patients with cancer with atrial fibrillation (AF) and the available anticoagulation ...

Anticoagulants are one of the most commonly prescribed medication classes, and the utilization of these agents is on the rise. Anticoagulants are prescribed for many indications, including prevention ...

Blood thinners (anticoagulants) cause bleeding without preventing stroke in patients with atrial high rate episodes (AHRE), but without electrocardiogram (ECG)-diagnosed atrial fibrillation, according ...

However, withholding anticoagulation or using mechanical intervention may be more appropriate in selected patients. The decision of whether to treat with anticoagulation and with which agent must take ...

Search of the Mayo Clinic electronic medical record yielded 400 patients seen in the ED between 2002 and 2005 who met the aforementioned criteria for acute PE ( Table 1 and Table 2). Median age was 68 ...