title: Thrombo-cardiology.
abstract: As a medical student I, along with my classmates, learned the coagulation cascade. Later, in 1968 when I passed my internal medicine boards and was on my way to becoming a cardiologist, I thought that was the last I had to remember that complicated series of events and the drugs used to alter coagulation. Little did I know at that time how important coagulation and anti-coagulation would become for cardiovascular patients.
authors.forename: C Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors