New Orleans, LA - Prolonged intravenous exposure to unfractionated heparin predicts thrombocytopenia and leads to worse outcomes during hospitalization. These are the findings of a study presented at ...

B. Braun Medical Inc. recalled heparin blood thinner in the U.S. and Canada after learning that it contained a “heparin-like contaminant” from a supplier linked to deaths and allergic reactions in ...

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Despite its limitations, unfractionated heparin has been the standard anticoagulant used during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Several small studies have suggested that intravenous ...