Thrombosis Research
Volume 126, Issue 3 , Pages e196-e200, September 2010

In vitro comparison of dabigatran, unfractionated heparin, and low-molecular-weight heparin in preventing thrombus formation on mechanical heart valves☆

  • Lars Maegdefessel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III at the University Hospital Haale (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Stanford University – School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Falk CVRB, Stanford, CA 94305 – 5406 USA. Tel.: +1 650 724 5075; fax: +1 650 725 1599.
    • Present address: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University – School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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  • Torsten Linde

      Affiliations

    • Applied Medical Engineering at the Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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  • Franziska Krapiec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III at the University Hospital Haale (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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  • Kathrin Hamilton

      Affiliations

    • Applied Medical Engineering at the Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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  • Ulrich Steinseifer

      Affiliations

    • Applied Medical Engineering at the Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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  • Joanne van Ryn

      Affiliations

    • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Biberach, Germany
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  • Uwe Raaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III at the University Hospital Haale (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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  • Michael Buerke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III at the University Hospital Haale (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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  • Karl Werdan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III at the University Hospital Haale (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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  • Axel Schlitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III at the University Hospital Haale (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Received 8 March 2010; received in revised form 15 June 2010; accepted 16 June 2010. published online 26 July 2010.

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☆ The results of the study have been presented at the ISTH (International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis) Meeting 2009 in Boston (16.07.2009), the ESC (European Society of Cardiology) Meeting 2009 in Barcelona (31.08.2009), and the DGK (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie) Meeting 2009 in Mannheim (18.04.2009).

PII: S0049-3848(10)00350-6

doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2010.06.011

Thrombosis Research
Volume 126, Issue 3 , Pages e196-e200, September 2010

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