TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges in managing anticoagulant therapy in patients with heart valve prostheses
AU - Vink, Roel
AU - Kamphuisen, Pieter-Willem
AU - van den Brink, Renée B.
AU - Levi, Marcel
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - There is a wide array of recommendations for the management of anticoagulant therapy in patients with mechanical heart valves. The optimal intensity of vitamin K antagonists, management of patients during noncardiac surgery and use of anticoagulants during pregnancy are all ongoing matters of debate. In this review, we discuss the various studies on these topics and the different guidelines. Based on these, literature recommendations for daily clinical practice are formulated
AB - There is a wide array of recommendations for the management of anticoagulant therapy in patients with mechanical heart valves. The optimal intensity of vitamin K antagonists, management of patients during noncardiac surgery and use of anticoagulants during pregnancy are all ongoing matters of debate. In this review, we discuss the various studies on these topics and the different guidelines. Based on these, literature recommendations for daily clinical practice are formulated
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1586/14779072.5.3.563
DO - https://doi.org/10.1586/14779072.5.3.563
M3 - Article
C2 - 17489678
SN - 1477-9072
VL - 5
SP - 563
EP - 570
JO - Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
JF - Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
IS - 3
ER -