TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Anticoagulants A1 - Bond Cox, Mary Ellen A2 - Dieter, Robert S. A2 - Dieter, Raymond A. A2 - Dieter, Raymond A. PY - 2011 T2 - Venous and Lymphatic Diseases AB - Prevention and treatment of thrombus with anticoagulants have been primary goals of medicine for half a century. Previously known as antithrombotics, current guidelines recommend the term anticoagulants because of the multiple effects beyond thrombin inhibition. 1,2 Anticoagulants can be divided into indirect anticoagulants including unfractionated heparin (UFH), low- molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), heparinoids or synthetic heparins or direct anticoagulants including direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs), and the oral vitamin K antagonist, warfarin.1,2 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126489511 ER -