Idraparinux versus Standard Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease
Author(s) -
Harry R. Büller,
Ander Cohen,
Bruce L. Davidson,
Hervé Decousus,
Alexander Gallus,
Michael Gent,
G Pillion,
Franco Piovella,
Martin H. Prins,
Gary E. Raskob
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa064247
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , deep vein , odds ratio , venous thrombosis , vitamin k antagonist , hazard ratio , surgery , low molecular weight heparin , anesthesia , confidence interval , heparin , thrombosis , warfarin , atrial fibrillation
Venous thromboembolism is treated with unfractionated heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin, followed by a vitamin K antagonist. We investigated the potential use of idraparinux, a long-acting inhibitor of activated factor X, as a substitute for standard therapy.
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