A waiver of consent was obtained from the institutional review board at our facility to perform this retrospective chart review. A computerized search of the electronic medical record (EMR) system was ...

The direct oral thrombin inhibitor dabigatran has a predictable anticoagulant effect and may be an alternative therapy to warfarin for patients who have acute venous thromboembolism. In a randomized, ...

Many patients requiring pacemaker or implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) surgery are taking warfarin. For patients at high risk for thromboembolic events, guidelines recommend bridging ...

A total of 46 patients (mean age, 64.5 years) had at least one evaluable set of INR values for pairwise comparison. Thirty-eight patients (83%) were men, and 31 (67%) underwent cardioversion as ...