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Low-Dose Heparin in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism — Rationale and Results

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Heparin

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 52))

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Venous thromboembolic disease is a common and increasing cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital patients. It has been estimated that approximately 21,000 patients die each year from this cause in the United Kingdom, and 47,000–142,000 in the United States (10, 19), Apart from the immediate risk to life, one must also consider the late sequelae of this disease — swelling of the legs, varicose veins, ulceration, and other trophic changes that represent an equally distressing situation (15).

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  1. Department of Surgery, King’s College Hospital Medical School, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RX, UK

    V. V. Kakkar

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  1. Department of Biological Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Ralph A. Bradshaw

  2. Department of Medicine, The Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Stanford Wessler

  3. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Kakkar, V.V. (1975). Low-Dose Heparin in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism — Rationale and Results. In: Bradshaw, R.A., Wessler, S. (eds) Heparin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 52. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0946-8_29

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