Alfonso Tafur

TL;DR: The American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline on the Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy addresses 43 Patients-Interventions-Comparators-Outcomes (PICO) questions related to the perioperative management of patients who are receiving long-term oral anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy and require an elective surgery/procedure as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used logistic regression to test active cancer for an association with venous thromboembolism (VTE) location and found that active cancer is associated with VTE location.

TL;DR: Cancer patients anticoagulated for VTE experience higher rates of periprocedural VTE and major bleeding, and the impact of cancer and bridging heparin therapy as potential predictors of TE and major bleed is tested.

TL;DR: The corporate literature of both acquired and congenital risk factors associated with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is summarized to assist clinicians in their search for underlying mechanisms and to risk stratify patients for anticoagulation treatment duration and risk of recurrent thromBosis.

TL;DR: Riva anti-factor Xa activity assay measured with commercial calibrators and controls provides a reliable assessment of rivaroxaban serum levels for patients requiring measurement of anticoagulant activity.