Occasional short AF does not increase Stroke Risk: AHA supriya kashyap kashyap19 Oct 2016 9:00 AM ISTStudy Highlights People with pacemakers or defibrillators who experience short episodes an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation have no...
Use of non-vitamin K blood-thinners with certain medications associated with increased risk of major bleeding Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Oct 2017 7:26 PM ISTAmong patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, concurrent use of certain commonly prescribed medications with non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants...
Clot-busting drugs not recommended for most patients with blood clots Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Dec 2017 7:28 PM ISTAbout half of people with blood clots in the deep veins of their legs develop a complication that involves chronic limb pain and swelling, making it...
New clinical practice guideline addresses use of blood thinners during heart surgery Ruby khatun khatun22 Jan 2018 7:02 PM ISTCHICAGO: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), and the American Society of ExtraCorporeal...
Anticoagulants increase stroke risk in people over 65 with kidney disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Feb 2018 7:20 PM ISTMany patients who have been prescribed anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation also have chronic kidney disease.The researchers of UCL, St George's,...
DOAC use linked with higher bleeding risk in patients of CKD Vinay Singh singh15 July 2018 7:20 PM ISTCertain anticoagulants approved to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) may cause a higher risk of bleeding in patients suffering from chronic kidney...
Vaccine may replace blood thinners to reduce stroke recurrence Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 Oct 2018 8:20 PM ISTPeople who have had a stroke caused by a blood clot (ischemic strokes) often need to take medications that make their blood less likely to clot, which...
Guidelines on acute pulmonary embolism by European Society of Cardiology: ESC 2019 update Hina Zahid4 Sept 2019 7:00 PM ISTGuidelines on acute pulmonary embolism have been released by the European Society of Cardiology. They were developed in collaboration with the...
Should anticoagulants be restarted after GI bleeding or not? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli5 Nov 2019 8:20 PM ISTPatients with gastrointestinal bleeding during anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet therapy represent a clinical challenge.Gastrointestinal bleeding is a...
