Pulmonary Embolism

An early switch from heparin to dabigatran, following standard clinical assessment, was both safe and effective in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, according to study results published in Lancet Hematology. Although research conducted in the past decade has brought advances to anticoagulation treatment, including the development of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), it is unclear the […]

Nicholas Govsyeyev presents during SVS VAM 2021 “A strategy of adding rivaroxaban 2.5mg twice daily to aspirin should be considered after lower extremity bypass regardless of conduit type,” concluded Nicholas Govsyeyev (University of Colorado, Aurora, USA) during the William J von Liebig Forum at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting (SVS VAM 2021; […]

Although non-vitamin K antagonists oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are effective in stroke prevention, the risk of major gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding could affect the safety of patients in treatment. A recent study compared the risk of stroke and systemic embolism (SE) and major bleeding among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and high risk of GI bleeding […]

This article was originally published here Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2021 Aug 17:1-6. doi: 10.1080/17512433.2021.1964359. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the clinical performance of edoxaban for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis selecting hospitalized patients with COVID-19 admitted to our […]

MONDAY, Aug. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin does not improve outcomes for critically ill patients with severe COVID-19, but it is beneficial for patients who are not critically ill, according to two studies published online Aug. 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Ewan C. Goligher, M.D., Ph.D., from the […]

A breakthrough in the treatment of vaccination blood clots has been made by UK scientists. UK scientists may have made a CORONAVIRUS breakthrough by discovering a potential therapy for blood clotting in the brain after vaccination. For the vast majority of people, the COVID-19 vaccine is quite safe. However, there have been a few occurrences […]

MONDAY, Aug. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin does not improve outcomes for critically ill patients with severe COVID-19, but it is beneficial for patients who are not critically ill, according to two studies published online Aug. 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Ewan C. Goligher, M.D., Ph.D., from the […]

For older adults with atrial fibrillation, apixaban is associated with lower rates of adverse events than warfarin across all frailty levels, according to a study published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues examined outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation […]