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Study: Aspirin should be favored to prevent blood clots in children after complex heart surgery
Aspirin should be favored over warfarin to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo a surgery that replumbs their hearts, according to a new study.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, will have implications for clinicians when prescribing blood thinning medications after Fontan surgery, a complex congenital heart disease operation redirecting blood flow from the lower body to the lungs.
The Fontan procedure is offered to children born with severe heart defects, allowing the child to live with just one pumping heart chamber instead of two.
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Aspirin should be favoured over warfarin to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo a surgery that replumbs their hearts, according to a new study.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, will have implications for clinicians when prescribing blood thinning medications after Fontan surgery, a complex congenital heart disease operation redirecting blood flow from the lower body to the lungs.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (PRWEB) February 10, 2021 According to new research scheduled for presentation during the 2021 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &
Regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using, according to a new study.
The study examined people who began regular cannabis use in high school or in their early 20s, and compared both with non-users.
The results linked regular cannabis use with negative life outcomes by age 35, says lead author Gary Chan from the University of Queensland’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research.
“Compared to non-users, regular cannabis users were more likely to engage in high-risk alcohol consumption, smoke tobacco, use other illicit drugs, and not be in a relationship at age 35,” Chan says.