Comparison of efficacy, safety, and cost of low-molecular-weight heparin with continuous-infusion unfractionated heparin for initiation of anticoagulation after mechanical prosthetic valve implantation
Fanikos, John Tsilimingras, Kanella Kucher, Nils Rosen, Allison B. Hieblinger, Melissa D. Goldhaber, Samuel Z.
Fanikos, John
Tsilimingras, Kanella
Kucher, Nils
Rosen, Allison B.
Hieblinger, Melissa D.
Goldhaber, Samuel Z.
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2004-01-13
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We compared the efficacy, safety, and impact on postoperative hospital length of stay and inpatient hospital costs of low-molecular-weight heparin with that of unfractionated heparin as a "bridge" to achieving therapeutic levels of anticoagulation with warfarin in patients with newly implanted prosthetic heart valves. The patients who received low-molecular-weight heparin had a shorter length of stay and decreased postoperative costs compared with the control subjects receiving unfractionated heparin.
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Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jan 15;93(2):247-50.
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14715362