NLM Metadata
Title:
Clinical Alert: Low Dose Warfarin Prevents Recurrence of Blood Clots — NHLBI Stops Study
Other titles:
NIH news release--low dose warfarin prevents recurrence of blood clots
Subjects--MeSH:
Warfarin -- therapeutic use
Venous Thrombosis -- prevention & control
Venous Thrombosis -- drug therapy
Pulmonary Embolism -- prevention & control
Pulmonary Embolism -- drug therapy
Clinical Trials
Subjects--Other:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Classification:
QV 193
Published:
U.S. National Library of Medicine, 09 October 2003
Last updated:
14 October 2003
Category:
Clinical Alerts
Abstract:
A study of long-term, low-dose warfarin to prevent the recurrence of the blood clotting disorders deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism resulted in such a high degree of benefit to the patients - without significant adverse effects - that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped the study early
Area covered:
United States
Permanence level:
Permanent: Unchanging Content
Permanence guarantor:
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Language:
English
Rights:
Public Domain
Contact:
mmsweb@mail.nlm.nih.gov
URL:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/warfarin.html
Catalog ID:
101237840
