Anticoagulation with anisindione in patients who are intolerant of warfarin.
Patients who require oral anticoagulation usually receive warfarin. We used an indanedione drug, anisindione, in two patients who were intolerant of warfarin but who needed long-term oral anticoagulation. The use of this alternative oral anticoagulant is reviewed.
Grosset
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Department of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Allen
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JE
Rodgers
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GM
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010630:Phenindione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D010630:Phenindione; D014859:Warfarin; C010679:anisindione