Research Catalog

Title

Oral anticoagulants / edited by Leon Poller and Jack Hirsh.

Publication

London ; New York : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Poller, L.
• Hirsh, Jack, 1935-

Description

vii, 280 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

• Anticoagulants (Medicine)
• Oral medication
• Anticoagulants > chemistry
• Anticoagulants > pharmacology
• Anticoagulants > therapeutic use

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• 1. The history of the development of oral anticoagulant drugs / Charles A. Owen, Jr. and E. J. Walter Bowie -- 2. Structure and mechanism of activation of vitamin K antagonists / James A. Sadowski, Sarah L. Booth, Kenneth G. Mann, Om P. Malhotra and Edwin G. Bovill -- 3. Pharmacokinetics and drug interactions with warfarin / Anne M. Holbrook, Philip S. Wells and N. Renee Crowther -- 4. Laboratory monitoring of anticoagulants / Leon Poller and Jack Hirsh -- 5. Proteins induced by vitamin K absence (PIVKAs): effect of coumarins on circulating clotting factors / H. Coen Hemker and K.-S. G. Jie -- 6. Effects of vitamin K and oral anticoagulants on human bone metabolism / Cees Vermeer, Marjo H. J. Knapen and Karly Hamulyak -- 7. Human recombinant tissue factor: development and initial studies in monitoring warfarin / Armando Tripodi and Pier Mannuccio Mannucci -- 8. Effects of oral anticoagulants on molecular markers of thrombosis / Sabine Eichinger and Kenneth A. Bauer --
• 9. Oral anticoagulants in the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism / William H. Geerts and Richard M. Jay -- 10. Atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulants / Andreas Laupacis -- 11. Oral anticoagulants in the secondary and primary prevention of myocardial infarction and coronary death / T. W. Meade -- 12. Valvular heart disease and heart valve prostheses / Alexander G. G. Turpie -- 13. Oral anticoagulation for prevention of stroke and cerebral embolism / Robert G. Hart, Diane H. Solomon and David C. Anderson -- 14. Practical dosing considerations with warfarin and optimal therapeutic range / Jack Hirsh and Leon Poller -- 15. Hemorrhagic complications of oral anticoagulant therapy / Mark N. Levine -- 16. Oral anticoagulants in pregnancy / Elizabeth A. Letsky -- 17. Oral anticoagulation therapy in children / M. Patricia Massicotte, Lu Ann Brooker, Velma Marzinotto and Maureen Andrew --
• 18. Warfarin in the treatment of cancer / Leo R. Zacharski and Frederick R. Rickles -- 19. Oral anticoagulation in the elderly / Gordon D. O. Lowe and David J. Stott -- 20. Indications and results with combined warfarin and antiplatelet drugs / Marie-Agnes Azerad and Jos Vermylen -- 21. Anticoagulants in cardiomyopathy / Alison D. Schecter, Valentin Fuster and James H. Chesebro -- 22. Rebound hypercoagulability after discontinuation of oral anticoagulants / Gualtiero Palareti and Sergio Coccheri.

ISBN

0340552662

LCCN

96028921

OCLC

• 35068179
• ocm35068179
• SCSB-4781688

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries