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Aspirin efficacious and safe for VTE prophylaxis in total hip and knee replacement
Is aspirin effective and safe for VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing total hip and knee replacement?
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DOACs linked to lower mortality than vitamin K antagonist: 3-year TAVR registry
Mortality and bleeding advantage favors DOACs over VKA in TAVR patients who are candidates for anticoagulation.
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Early heparin treatment linked to lower COVID-19 mortality
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Prophylactic anticoagulation tied to lower death rate in COVID
Prophylactic use of low-dose anticoagulation to prevent venous thromboembolism was associated with reduced 60-day mortality in patients...
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Reversal agents curb DOAC-related bleeding but deaths still high
The meta-analysis of more than 4,000 patients also showed thrombotic events were more frequent with andexanet than with 4PCC or idarucizumab.
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Are left atrial thrombi that defy preprocedure anticoagulation predictable?
Features that predispose to such persistent LA thrombi, which are not very rare, could potentially guide more targeted TEE screening before rhythm...
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First risk score to predict bleeding risk after TAVR
PREDICT-TAVR was developed and validated in two national registries in Europe and outperformed existing risk scores developed outside TAVR.
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Single subcutaneous shot offers fast, potent platelet inhibition in STEMI
The effect was seen within 15 minutes of receiving RUC-4, an investigational glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, with no thrombocytopenia, in a phase...
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New AHA/ASA guideline on secondary stroke prevention
Identifying the cause of a first stroke or transient ischemic attack is key to developing strategies to prevent repeat events, the AHA/ASA says in...
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Update in Hospital Medicine relays important findings
Two panelists highlighted the year of research in areas most relevant and important to hospital medicine.