Sökning: "Thromboembolic events"

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  1. 1. Hip arthroplasty : infections, thromboembolic events and surgical environment

    Författare :Piotr Kasina; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Each year hip arthroplasties increase the quality of life for over 1 million patients worldwide. Although the complication rates are low, the absolute numbers are rising as the numbers of procedures increase. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

    Författare :Daniel Samarai; Kardiologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adults with Congenital Heart Disease; Congenital Heart Disease; Congenital heart defect CHD ; Anticoagulation; Anticoagulants; anticoagulant treatment; Thromboembolic events; Major bleeding; Diagnostic Imaging methods;

    Sammanfattning : Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) are a completely new and rapidly growing specialty comprising patients who require specialist knowledge regarding their care and treatment. Challenges involve diagnostics and treatment as studies are scarce and include small and heterogenous study populations. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Determinants of adverse events during oral anticoagulant treatment

    Författare :Marcus Lind; Jan-Håkan Jansson; Lars Johansson; Kurt Boman; Sam Schulman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oral anticoagulants; warfarin; mortality; bleeding; biomarkers; Medicine; medicin;

    Sammanfattning : Treament with oral anticoagulation is highly effective in reducing the burden of thromboembolic complications in several clinical conditions. The number of patients receiving oral anticoagulation is growing steadily. InSwedenabout 1.5 percent of the population receives treatment. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Importance of peripheral arterial disease as a risk marker in patients with myocardial infarction

    Författare :Birgitta Jönelid; Christina Christersson; Nina Johnston; Bertil Lindahl; Bertil Andrén; Lena Jonasson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Coronary heart disease; Peripheral artery disease; Polyvascular disease; Inflammatory biomarkers; TNFR-1; TNFR-2; GDF-15; Cardiovascular events.; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to describe the true prevalence of widespread arterial disease in a cohort with patients with a recent myocardial infarction (MI) to find valuable clinical methods to detect these patients. Our aim was also to investigate biomarker relationships with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and the importance of PAD in patients’ long-term outcomes. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Efficacy and safety of warfarin treatment in venous thromboembolic disease

    Författare :Per Sandén; Anders Själander; Peter Svensson; Gerd Lärfars; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Warfarin; Venous thromboembolism; Bleeding;

    Sammanfattning : BackgroundAs a major cause of morbidity and mortality treatment of venous thromboembolism is important, with the correct use of anticoagulants it is possible to greatly reduce both mortality and morbidity. Warfarin is among the most widely used anticoagulants being effective in treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism with few negative side effects other than bleeding complications. LÄS MER