title: [Focus on anticoagulants].
abstract: More and more heparins are available to the prescriber and low molecular weight heparins have brought about a modification of prescribing habits. Some complications linked to the use of heparins remain insufficiently known: thrombocytopenia and acute pulmonary hypertension during neutralization for example. Treatment monitoring must be clearly codified to increase effectiveness and reduce the number of accidents thus achieving a better risk/benefit ratio for such treatment. Some of the Vitamin K antagonists have specific properties which should be known, particularly relating to their half-life. Monitoring is important, it is provided by INR and adapted to the indications. The world of anticoagulants is in flux; the movement must be followed as it may well accelerate with the arrival of new antithrombotic drugs.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montalescot
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014812:Vitamin K; D006493:Heparin
vernacular_title: Le point sur les anticoagulants.