Sökning: "oral anticoagulation"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden oral anticoagulation.
1. Oral anticoagulation and stroke risk
Sammanfattning : Background: The risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and mechanical heart valve (MHV) prostheses can be reduced by oral anticoagulation (OAC), which increases the risk of serious bleeding. The aims of this thesis were [1] to find out how effective and safe warfarin is where treatment quality is high, i.e. LÄS MER
2. Oral anticoagulation treatment in atrial fibrillation - To bleed or not to bleed, that is the question
Sammanfattning : Background: Oral antigoagulation treatment (OAT) with warfarin have a narrow therapeutic window and patients exhibit a highly variable doseresponse that is attributable to genetic, disease-related,and environmental factors as well as prescription and nonprescription drugs, dietary vitamin K and alcohol. The effect of warfarin treatement on blood coagulation is measured using international normalized ratio (INR). LÄS MER
3. Anticoagulation treatment in patients with a mechanical heart valve
Sammanfattning : BackgroundEvery year about 2,500 patients in Sweden undergo surgery for heart valve disease, primarily in the aortic valve. In contrast to the mitral valve, which can be repaired in 70% of the cases, the aortic valve is normally replaced by a mechanical or biological prosthesis. LÄS MER
4. On Acute Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis
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5. Determinants of adverse events during oral anticoagulant treatment
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