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Low-Dose Anticoagulation Therapy Used with New Design Mechanical Heart Valve Lowers Bleeding Risk
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 13 days ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description For more than 40 years, patients under 65 years of age requiring heart valve replacement have had to choose between a mechanical valve that offers life-long durability but
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Kcentra Approved to Stop Severe Bleeding in Heart Patients
New York City :: NY :: USA | 16 days ago
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Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate, human) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat severe acute bleeding in adults after administration of the anti-clotting drug warfarin and similar products.
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Kcentra approved for the urgent reversal of vitamin K
Washington :: DC :: USA | 19 days ago
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Food and Drug Administration approved Kcentra for the urgent reversal of vitamin K antagonist anti-coagulation in adults with acute major bleeding. "The FDA's approval of this new product gives physicians a choice when deciding how to treat patients
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Stroke risk restricts use of new drug
California City :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Patients with mechanical heart valves no longer prescribed blood thinner Pradaxa. The licensed use of a controversial blood-thinning medicine has been restricted after a trial linked it to higher rates of stroke and other serious complications in
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US implant device helps prevent clotting
Sydney :: Canada | 2 months ago
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AN implant device designed by US firm Boston Scientific to prevent strokes in high risk people helps avert blood clotting, a new study said. The umbrella-shaped device called Watchman can also serve as an alternative to treatment with anticoagulants
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Bad News for Blood Thinners?
Alexandria :: VA :: USA | 2 months ago
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failed attempt to get its blood thinner Xarelto approved by the FDA for a lucrative new treatment area. In this video, Brenton tells us about one headwind that could potentially impact sales of blood thinners across the board. BSX ) to prevent
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Key blood research at risk from budget cuts
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
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At a lab in the University of North Carolina, a drug is being developed that would be "Made in the USA," could cut imports from China, and offer a safer alternative to an existing version. But Washington politics and the deep budget cuts , also known
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Ask Dr. K: Pradaxa side effects unknown
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 3 months ago
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Pradaxa side effects unknown Anthony L...Ask Dr. K Posted: 02/19/2013 12:02:06 AM PST Dear Dr. K: My wife has atrial fibrillation. Her medication was recently changed from warfarin to Pradaxa. Her doctor says the new medicine does not require
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Fixing broken hearts: Riverside launches new procedure
Chesterton :: IN :: USA | 3 months ago
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In matters of the heart, there are times when flowers, chocolates and even jewelry won't do. In the case of Paul Rather, of Chesterton, Ind., his Valentine's Day gift had to be delivered at Riverside Medical Center. What touched his heart was a first-
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When food and drugs don't mix
Nairobi :: Kenya | 4 months ago
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Rating In Summary Clinical nutritionist Sona Parmar Mukherjee on why you should choose your foods wisely. As regular readers of this column know, I am not a fan of medication. I am convinced, that in most cases, a lifestyle change, coupled with
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