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Nov 24 2025
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11-8-25 AHA Presentation Records Successful Reduction of Anticoagulation in AFIB

Click here for the results of a “One month of clot prevention after a stent was as effective as a Year-long course for AFIB.” Research Highlights: A one-month course of dual clot-preventing therapy followed by a single clot-prevention medication for the remainder of the standard 12-month regimen in adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who received […]
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Anticoagulant Therapy
Nov 19 2025
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Viewpoint: Anticoagulation for Climate Resilient Care

Go to your medical library to obtain Fan BE, Milla K, McAlister S, et al, Sustainable anticoagulation for climate resilient care. Lancet Haematol. 2025;12:e918-e925. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(25)00204-2.  PMID: 40972616. Abstract This Viewpoint issues a multidisciplinary call to embed sustainability into anticoagulation care, aligning clinical excellence with climate responsibility. Anticoagulation management-including drug manufacturing, laboratory diagnostics, therapeutic monitoring, […]
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Anticoagulant Therapy
Nov 17 2025
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FXIa Inhibitor Milvexian Fails Pivotal Test

Because FXI deficiency is associated with mild variable bleeding, researchers have been developing a direct anticoagulant specific to FXIa, intending to provide effective anticoagulation while reducing the bleeding risk that plagues other antithrombotics. Here is a FirstWord Pharma post in which Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson report an interim finding in their Librexia ACS (acute […]
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Anticoagulant Therapy
Nov 14 2025
george

Commentary: Laboratory Implications of Transitioning from DOACs to Heparin.

Click here for an 11-13-2025  open-access article, Arachchillage DJ, Vinayagam S, Parsons A, Karawitage N, Laffan M. Transitioning of patients from direct-acting oral anticoagulant to heparin: impact on laboratory testing. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2025. doi: 10.1055/a-2734-2293. PMID: 41232561. Abstract Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), including direct thrombin inhibitors (dabigatran) and direct factor Xa inhibitors (apixaban, rivaroxaban, […]
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Anticoagulant Therapy
Nov 14 2025
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Coag Conversation About Alternative Methods to Monitor Anticoagulant Therapy Part 2: Anticoagulation for Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Join me (Geo) and guest speaker Dr. Nicole Zantek, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Special Coagulation Laboratory and Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, as we discuss the pathophysiology of antiphospholipid antibodies and alternative methods to monitor warfarin and DOAC anticoagulation in patients diagnosed with APS. Click Anticoagulation […]
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Anticoagulant Therapy
Oct 30 2025
george

Case Study: Measuring TAT Complex in LVAD Implantation

Check with your library for this article describing the TAT Assay in LVAD Implantation. Ling L, Liu C, Zhou J. Thrombin-antithrombin complex might be a promising parameter for monitoring anticoagulation in the early postoperative period after LVAD implantation. Lab Med. 2025 ;56:423–7. doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmae113. PMID: 40085520. Abstract Introduction: Appropriate bridging anticoagulation is critical in the […]
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Anticoagulant Therapy
Oct 27 2025
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A Coag Conversation: Alternate Warfarin Monitoring When the Prothrombin Time is Unreliable – Part 1

Join me (Geo) and guest speaker Dr. Nicole Zantek, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Special Coagulation Laboratory, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, who discusses the pathophysiology of antiphospholipid antibodies, and alternative methods to monitor warfarin and DOAC anticoagulation in patients diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome. This is the […]
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George Fritsma MS MLS

George Fritsma is a medical laboratory scientist, educator, and author. George  is a member of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, the International Society for Laboratory Hematology, and the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.

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