Anticoagulants

"Anticoagulants" 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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Agents that prevent BLOOD CLOTTING.

Descriptor ID	D000925
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.954.502.119
Concept/Terms	Anticoagulants Anticoagulants Anticoagulation Agents Agents, Anticoagulation Anticoagulant Agents Agents, Anticoagulant Anticoagulant Drugs Drugs, Anticoagulant Anticoagulant Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors Inhibitors, Indirect Thrombin Thrombin Inhibitors, Indirect

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Anticoagulants".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Hematologic Agents [D27.505.954.502]
Anticoagulants [D27.505.954.502.119]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Anticoagulants".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Anticoagulants".

Anticoagulants
Antithrombins

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Bar chart showing 754 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 53 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	4	1	5
1996	5	3	8
1997	3	2	5
1998	2	4	6
1999	8	2	10
2000	4	5	9
2001	4	3	7
2002	3	6	9
2003	9	9	18
2004	11	7	18
2005	16	9	25
2006	11	5	16
2007	15	7	22
2008	11	10	21
2009	16	11	27
2010	11	10	21
2011	19	10	29
2012	22	16	38
2013	35	16	51
2014	25	20	45
2015	26	18	44
2016	29	24	53
2017	24	18	42
2018	24	16	40
2019	13	11	24
2020	18	15	33
2021	10	16	26
2022	4	34	38
2023	4	29	33
2024	16	14	30
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Anticoagulants" by people in Profiles.

Ibrahim A, Shalabi L, Zreigh S, Ramadan S, Mourad S, Eljadid G, Beshr M, Abdelaziz A, Elhadi M, Sabouret P, Mamas M. Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 05; 105(6):1311-1319.

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Musmar B, Salim HA, Roy JM, Adeeb N, Fuleihan AA, Atallah E, Sizdahkhani S, Koduri S, Karadimas S, Baba BE, Howard BM, Grossberg JA, Scott KW, Burkhardt JK, Srinivasan VM, Erazu F, Hanel RA, Amllay A, Matouk C, MacNeil A, Chalouhi N, Gomez-Paz S, Grandhi R, Jaikumar V, Levy E, Siddiqui A, Klaiman M, Delgado J, Hoffman H, Arthur A, Hasan DM, Notarianni C, Cuellar HH, Guthikonda B, Morcos J, Tjoumakaris SI, Gooch MR, Rosenwasser RH, Jabbour P. The Impact of Postprocedural Anticoagulant Use in Patients Undergoing Woven EndoBridge: A Multicenter Propensity Score-Matched Study. Transl Stroke Res. 2025 Oct; 16(5):1486-1495.

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Jason MJ, Marzec LN, Piccini JP, Shrader P, Pieper KS, Blanco RG, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Ho PM, Hylek E, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Allen LA. Stroke-bleeding risk score pairings within individuals in the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry. Int J Cardiol. 2025 Feb 15; 421:132912.

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Mandloi S, Nunes K, Sina EM, Benedict PA, Kahn C, Duffy A, Shing SR, Urdang ZD, Rosen M, Toskala E, Rabinowitz MR, Nyquist GG. Epistaxis Risk in Patients Treated With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Versus Oral Anticoagulation. Laryngoscope. 2025 May; 135(5):1636-1641.

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Leung HHL, Ahmadi Z, Lee B, Casey J, Ratnasingam S, McKenzie SE, Perdomo J, Chong BH. Antithrombotic efficacy and bleeding risks of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia treatments. Blood Adv. 2024 11 26; 8(22):5744-5752.

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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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Witte AB, Van Arendonk K, Bergner C, Bantchev M, Falcone RA, Moody S, Hartman HA, Evans E, Thakkar R, Patterson KN, Minneci PC, Mak GZ, Slidell MB, Johnson M, Landman MP, Markel TA, Leys CM, Cherney Stafford L, Draper J, Foley DS, Downard C, Skaggs TM, Lal DR, Gourlay D, Ehrlich PF. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in High-Risk Pediatric Trauma Patients. JAMA Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 159(10):1149-1156.

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Jain SS, Mahaffey KW, Pieper KS, Shimizu W, Potpara T, Ruff CT, Kamel H, Lewis BS, Cornel JH, Kowey PR, Horrow J, Strony J, Plotnikov AN, Li D, Weng S, Donahue J, Gibson CM, Steg PG, Mehran R, Weitz JI, Johnston SC, Hankey GJ, Harrington RA, Lam CSP. Milvexian vs apixaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: The LIBREXIA atrial fibrillation trial rationale and design. Am Heart J. 2024 Nov; 277:145-158.

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Johnson LS, Benz AP, Shoamanesh A, Eikelboom JW, Ezekowitz M, Giugliano RP, Wallentin L, Ruff CT, Lopes RD, Jolly S, Whitlock R, Granger CB, Connolly S, Healey JS. Residual Stroke Risk Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Prescribed Oral Anticoagulants: A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis From COMBINE AF. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Sep 03; 13(17):e034758.

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Kevu E, Carnish E. Comprehensive Stroke Management: a Guide for Hospitalists. Postgrad Med. 2024 Sep; 136(7):694-701.

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