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Postavení warfarinu v současné době

Title in English The current role of warfarin
Authors

MICHALCOVÁ Jana BULIKOVÁ Alena ZAVŘELOVÁ Jiřina PRUDKOVÁ Marie PENKA Miroslav

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Vnitřní lékařství
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Keywords Anticoagulant therapy; INR; Thrombosis; Warfarin
Description Well-managed warfarin therapy remains an important method of anticoagulation in the 21st century, despite the intro duction of new antithrombotics into the clinical practice. The main advantages of warfarin are decades of treatment experience, the possibility to monitor its anticoagulant effect using the INR and the last, but not least, the low cost. Currently, approximately 75 % of anticoagulated patients in the Czech Republic are treated with warfarin and warfarin remains the only option for oral anticoagulant therapy in certain clinical conditions (particularly in patients with valvular atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves). For physicians across specialties it is still indispensable to master the basics of safe and effective warfarin therapy, including the management of treatment complications.
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