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Intravenous Fat Emulsion Does Not Significantly Alter Clotting Markers in Dabigatran-Treated Blood
AbstractDabigatran etexilate is an oral direct thrombin (Factor IIa) inhibitor approved for patients with atrial fibrillation and for management of risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Dabigatran offers advantages over treatment with warfarin, including limited laboratory monitoring. It is equivalent in prevention of stroke and deep vein thrombosis with essentially equivalent complication rates. In contrast to warfarin, reversal of the anticoagulation is less well established. Idarucizumab is available for reversal, however supporting research is mixed; the agent also happens to be quite expensive making av...
Source: Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion - June 21, 2020 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Dabigatran - the First Approved DTI for SPAF.
Authors: Trailokya A, Hiremath JS Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is commonly occurring arrhythmia in clinical practice. AF is easy to recognize but difficult to treat. Stroke is the most devastating complication of AF and is associated with a huge disease burden on the society. Effective stroke prevention is a priority for patients with AF. Two-thirds of strokes due to AF are preventable with suitable anticoagulant therapy. VKA like warfarin, acenocoumarol remains the gold standard for stroke prevention in AF (SPAF). However, it is associated with numerous limitations such as a high risk of drug-drug, drug-food ...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - October 25, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation - Which is the BEST?: Balanced in Efficacy and Safety as a Thromboprophylactic.
Authors: Suvarna V Abstract Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) has reached an exciting phase with a plethora of newer, potentially more efficacious and safer agents being introduced for physicians to select from. Dabigatran belongs to a class of anticoagulants called direct thrombin inhibitors, while rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban are direct Factor Xa inhibitors. Purely from a therapeutic endpoint perspective-based on the action of anticoagulants in reducing cardioembolic stroke-in clinical trials, one should look at whether a new anticoagulant in patients with AF prevents ischemic stroke. From a ne...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research