Heparin

"Heparin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.

Descriptor ID	D006493
MeSH Number(s)	D09.698.373.400
Concept/Terms	Heparin Heparin Unfractionated Heparin Heparin, Unfractionated Heparinic Acid Liquaemin Liquaemin Sodium Heparin Sodium Heparin Heparin, Sodium Heparin Sodium alpha-Heparin alpha-Heparin alpha Heparin

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Glycosaminoglycans [D09.698.373]
Heparin [D09.698.373.400]

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Bar chart showing 94 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1997	2	3	5
1998	1	3	4
1999	4	0	4
2000	1	5	6
2001	1	3	4
2002	1	3	4
2003	2	1	3
2004	1	2	3
2005	3	3	6
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	4	0	4
2009	1	3	4
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	3	5
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	3	3
2014	3	4	7
2015	1	2	3
2016	3	1	4
2017	1	3	4
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	2	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	5	5
2024	2	0	2

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Halawi H, Sabawi MM, Rizk E, Mahmoud AA, Petkova JH, Hui SR, Srour N, Donahue KR. Bleeding outcomes in critically ill patients on heparin with discordant aPTT and anti-Xa activity. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2025 Feb; 58(2):210-219.

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Lambrechts MJ, Toci GR, Issa TZ, Narayanan R, Lee Y, Schaefer J, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Harrop JS, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. Immediate vs delayed venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following spine surgery: increased rate of unplanned reoperation for postoperative hematoma with immediate prophylaxis. Spine J. 2024 11; 24(11):2019-2025.

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Parvizi J, DeMik DE, Hozack WJ, Dunbar MJ, Mont MA, Lachiewicz PF. Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Is Superior to Aspirin in the Prevention of Thromboembolic Disease: Or Is It? J Arthroplasty. 2023 Jan; 38(1):1-2.

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Moores LK, Tritschler T, Brosnahan S, Carrier M, Collen JF, Doerschug K, Holley AB, Iaccarino J, Jimenez D, LeGal G, Rali P, Wells P. Thromboprophylaxis in Patients With COVID-19: A Brief Update to the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report. Chest. 2022 07; 162(1):213-225.

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Siskind E, Ortiz J. Letter to the Editor: Effective Technique for Pancreas Transplantation by Iliac Vascular Transposition, Without Heparin-Based Anticoagulation Therapy. World J Surg. 2022 07; 46(7):1808.

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Shohat N, Ludwick L, Sutton R, Chisari E, Parvizi J. Aspirin Administered for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis May Protect Against Stiffness Following Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2022 05; 37(5):953-957.

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Jimenez DC, Warner ED, Ahmad D, Rosen JL, Al-Rawas N, Morris RJ, Alvarez R, Rame JE, Entwistle JW, Massey HT, Tchantchaleishvili V. Cardiac transplantation after heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: A systematic review. Clin Transplant. 2022 02; 36(2):e14567.

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Hebert KJ, Findlay BL, Yang DY, Houlihan MD, Bole R, Avant RA, Andrews JR, Jimbo M, Ziegelmann MJ, Helo S, K?hler TS. Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism and Safety of Perioperative Subcutaneous Heparin During Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Surgery. Urology. 2021 11; 157:155-160.

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Dove ML, Jaggi P, Kelleman M, Abuali M, Ang JY, Ballan W, Basu SK, Campbell MJ, Chikkabyrappa SM, Choueiter NF, Clouser KN, Corwin D, Edwards A, Gertz SJ, Ghassemzadeh R, Jarrah RJ, Katz SE, Knutson SM, Kuebler JD, Lighter J, Mikesell C, Mongkolrattanothai K, Morton T, Nakra NA, Olivero R, Osborne CM, Panesar LE, Parsons S, Patel RM, Schuette J, Thacker D, Tremoulet AH, Vidwan NK, Oster ME. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Survey of Protocols for Early Hospital Evaluation and Management. J Pediatr. 2021 02; 229:33-40.

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Ashok A, Chaudhary S, Kritikos AE, Kang MH, McDonald D, Rhee DJ, Singh N. TGF?2-Hepcidin Feed-Forward Loop in the Trabecular Meshwork Implicates Iron in Glaucomatous Pathology. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 03 09; 61(3):24.

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