BMJ · 1950 · 132 citations · 2 references
MedicineCardiologyInternal MedicineCardiovascular PharmacotherapyClinical CardiologyHemostasisAnticoagulant TherapyAnticoagulation TherapyAntithrombotic TherapyThrombosisThrombosis ManagementThrombosis PreventionSystemic AnticoagulationTherapeutic AnticoagulationThrombosis Pathophysiology
Anticoagulant therapy, suitably controlled by specialized techniques, reduces by one-half the mortality rate during the first six weeks after myocardial infarction. Our ,experience is that it appears to benefit males to a greater extent than females, particularly men whose myocardial efficiency was only slightly impaired before the acute damage was sustained.
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