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Anticoagulants are a type of drug that reduces the body's ability to form clots in the blood.
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What is Atrial Fibrillation
If you are healthy and your heart is working normally you are likely to have a regular resting heart rate of around 60 to 90 beats per minute.
If you are experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF), however, you may notice your heartbeat becoming irregular and speeding up for no apparent reason. These feelings or "palpitations" may occur constantly or only from time to time. They are unpleasant and worrying and they should not be ignored as they might mean that something is seriously wrong with your heart.
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What is Deep Vein thrombosis?
A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein. A DVT usually develops in the calf, but it sometimes also occurs in the thigh, and occasionally in other deep veins in your body.
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AntiCoagulation Europe is committed to the prevention of thrombosis and is campaigning to make sure that proper risk assessment is performed on admission to hospital and if appropriate preventative treatment (prophylaxis) given to prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Please see below for more information.
You can also download our booklet What you need to know about preventing a blood clot after hip or knee surgery, by going to News - Downloads - General - What you need to know.
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Comparing different treatments for Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
If you are healthy and your heart is working normally you
are likely to have a regular resting heart rate of around 60 to 90 beats per
minute. If you are experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF), however, you may
notice your heartbeat becoming irregular and speeding up for no apparent
reason.
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Antibiotics & Endocarditis |
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Cardiac Surgeons Disagree with New Guidance from NICE
Introduction to the article on nice guidance for the use of antibiotics to prevent endocarditis.
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Antiplatelets
Platelets are blood cells that help the blood clot and prevent bleeding. When you cut yourself platelets begin to work and help your blood to clot and stop you bleeding.
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What is a Prosthetic Valve?
If you have an artificial heart valve (prosthetic valve) you will need anticoagulation therapy for the rest of your lifetime to prevent clots forming. Anticoagulation is effective in preventing clot formation on the artificial surfaces of the valve.
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What is a pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot in the lung. It usually comes from smaller vessels in the leg. Clots forming in the legs are called deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
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Thrombosis & Genetic Disorders |
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Thrombosis, Thrombophilia and Factor V Leiden
The definition of thrombosis is the formation of a blood
clot, a thrombus, in the cardiovascular system. Depending on where it occurs,
it can be differentiated between a venous thrombosis (blood clot in the veins)
or an arterial thrombosis (a blood clot in the arteries).
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Comparing different treatments for Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
If you are healthy and your heart is working normally you are likely to have a regular resting heart rate of around 60 to 90 beats per minute.
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