Bassett Medical Center has earned a three-year recognition as an Anticoagulation Center of Excellence from the Anticoagulation Forum, according to a Bassett news release. “This illustrates Bassett ...

Patient self-management of warfarin is endorsed by U.S. guidelines, but an in-clinic approach remains the norm due to clinician reluctance and other barriers. Among patients who agreed to make their ...

Toronto, ON - Results of a randomized open trial suggest that the management of warfarin anticoagulation can be safely conducted by selected and well-trained patients using a point-of-care INR device.

Inpatient burden of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: A National Inpatient Sample study. Time Point Incidence Rate per 100 PY (Warfarin, 95% CI) Incidence Rate per 100 PY (DOAC, 95% CI) Hazard ...

August 10, 2011 (Durham, North Carolina) — A major clinical trial showing that rivaroxaban (Xarelto, Bayer/Johnson & Johnson) is noninferior to dose-adjusted warfarin for the prevention of stroke or ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.—Two presentations at TCT 2012 demonstrated that use of the Watchman device for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure in patients contraindicated for warfarin is safe and feasible. The ...

When 85-year-old Laker sportscaster Chick Hearn fell at home recently, hitting his head on concrete, he began hemorrhaging. Surgeons were unable to save him because pooled blood had damaged his brain.

Early stroke and systemic embolism rates in patients following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are low and comparable between those receiving warfarin or the novel oral anticoagulant ...

It is uncertain whether bridging anticoagulation is necessary for patients with atrial fibrillation who need an interruption in warfarin treatment for an elective operation or other elective invasive ...