oral vitamin K antagonists remain the cornerstone of anticoagulation for long-term treatment or secondary prevention. Much of the research in optimizing anticoagulant therapy for acute VTE has ...

Trials evaluating anticoagulation in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 did not consistently favor stepping up dosing for short-term survival, according to a systematic review and prospective meta ...

Key barriers in adhering to anticoagulation guidelines included uncertainty about its choice, established practices, and the ...

The researchers found that 28-day mortality was reduced with therapeutic-dose versus prophylactic-dose anticoagulation with heparins (odds ratio, 0.77; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.64 to 0.93 ...

Stopping blood thinners before or during surgery for a CIED may result in little to no difference in undesirable outcomes such as blood clots or bleeding events when compared to taking them ...

A recent study investigates whether apixaban is superior to aspirin in preventing nonlacunar covert infarcts in patients with ...