1Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology, University Heart Center Zurich,
Switzerland; 2Age-Related Health Care, Tallaght University Hospital/Department of …

Viscoelastic hemostatic assay (VHAs) are whole blood point-of-care tests that have become
an essential method for assaying hemostatic competence in liver transplantation, cardiac …

Owing to the constantly evolving nature of the medical literature, the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons (STS) clinical practice guidelines periodically undergoes evaluation and updating …

Background The American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline on the
Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy addresses 43 Patients-Interventions …

Background Antiviral drugs are administered in patients with severe COVID‐19 respiratory
syndrome, including those treated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Concomitant …

The introduction of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as dabigatran, rivaroxaban,
apixaban, edoxaban, and betrixaban, provides safe and effective alternative to previous …

Essentials• Currently, DOACs are given at fixed doses and do not require laboratory
monitoring.• Direct oral anticoagulant‐specific measurements were performed at trough and …

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) have shown an upward prescribing trend in recent years
due to favorable pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics without requirement for routine …

Abstract Background & Aims While direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are increasingly used
in patients with liver disease, safety data especially in advanced chronic liver disease …

The activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) assay is a very common coagulation test,
used for several reasons. The test is conventionally used for assessing the contact factor …