25 September 2007
J Thromb Haemost 2007; 5: 2043-2048
MedWire News: Taking a vitamin K dietary supplement improves the stability of oral anticoagulation therapy with vitamin K antagonists, which could reduce bleeding and thrombotic events, report Dutch scientists.
One of the disadvantages of oral anticoagulant treatment with vitamin K antagonists is unstable anticoagulant control, with the intensity of anticoagulation within the target range just 60% of the time. One of the reasons for this is a fluctuating intake of vitamin K.
Click here to see the rest of this article in MedWire NewsReprinted with kind permission from MedWire News
permalink Technorati
0 comments:
Post a Comment