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Overview of Anticoagulant Therapy by AndriKusuma is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Anticoagulant therapy prevents and treats blood clots through "blood thinning". Common indications include deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and stroke prevention for atrial fibrillation. Current standard treatments are heparin-based drugs administered via injection and the oral anticoagulant warfarin. However, both have risks like hemorrhaging and require monitoring. Newer drugs under development directly target specific clotting factors and may not require monitoring, potentially revolutionizing a
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