Search for dissertations about: "oral anticoagulation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words oral anticoagulation.

  2. 1. Oral anticoagulation and stroke risk

    Author : Vilhelm Sjögren; Anders Själander; Per Wester; Peter J Svensson; Mia von Euler; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stroke; warfarin; atrial fibrillation; dabigatran; rivaroxaban; apixaban; low-molecular-weight heparin; bridging;

    Abstract : Background: The risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and mechanical heart valve (MHV) prostheses can be reduced by oral anticoagulation (OAC), which increases the risk of serious bleeding. The aims of this thesis were [1] to find out how effective and safe warfarin is where treatment quality is high, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 2. Oral anticoagulation treatment in atrial fibrillation - To bleed or not to bleed, that is the question

    Author : Mattias Wieloch; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; hemorrhage; kidney; warfarin; epidemiology; stroke;

    Abstract : Background: Oral antigoagulation treatment (OAT) with warfarin have a narrow therapeutic window and patients exhibit a highly variable doseresponse that is attributable to genetic, disease-related,and environmental factors as well as prescription and nonprescription drugs, dietary vitamin K and alcohol. The effect of warfarin treatement on blood coagulation is measured using international normalized ratio (INR). READ MORE

  5. 3. Anticoagulation treatment in patients with a mechanical heart valve

    Author : Bartosz Grzymala-Lubanski; Anders Själander; Peter J. Svensson; David Bergqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mechanical heart valve; anticoagulation; warfarin; Time in Therapeutic Range TTR ; INR variability;

    Abstract : BackgroundEvery year about 2,500 patients in Sweden undergo surgery for heart valve disease, primarily in the aortic valve.  In contrast to the mitral valve, which can be repaired in 70% of the cases, the aortic valve is normally replaced by a mechanical or biological prosthesis. READ MORE

  6. 4. On Acute Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis

    Author : Saman Salim; Vaskulära sjukdomar - kliniska studier; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mesenteric venous thrombosis; intestinal ischemia; Venous thromboembolism; Thrombophilia; Anticoagulation; Direct oral anticoagulants; Vitamin K antagonists;

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  7. 5. Determinants of adverse events during oral anticoagulant treatment

    Author : Marcus Lind; Jan-Håkan Jansson; Lars Johansson; Kurt Boman; Sam Schulman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oral anticoagulants; warfarin; mortality; bleeding; biomarkers; Medicine; medicin;

    Abstract : Treament with oral anticoagulation is highly effective in reducing the burden of thromboembolic complications in several clinical conditions. The number of patients receiving oral anticoagulation is growing steadily. InSwedenabout 1.5 percent of the population receives treatment. READ MORE