• Med. Clin. North Am. · Jul 2016

    Review

    Pharmacologic Therapies in Anticoagulation.

    • Joana Lima Ferreira and Joyce E Wipf.
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 North East Pacific Street, Box 356429, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: limaferr@uw.edu.
    • Med. Clin. North Am. 2016 Jul 1; 100 (4): 695-718.

    AbstractAnticoagulants are beneficial for prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. The development of target-specific oral anticoagulants is changing the landscape of anticoagulation therapy and created growing interest on this subject. Understanding the pharmacology of different anticoagulants is the first step to adequately treat patients with best available therapy while avoiding serious bleeding complications. This article reviews the pharmacology of the main anticoagulant classes (vitamin K antagonists, direct oral anticoagulants, and heparins) and their clinical indications based on evidence-based data currently available in the literature. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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