PMID: 70280Dec 1, 1976Paper

Long-term results of prolonged dicoumarol anticoagulant therapy in 327 peipheral arteriopathic subjects

Chirurgia italiana
F PapadiaA Pouché

Abstract

327 patients with peripheral arteriopathy were treated solely with protracted dicoumarol anticoagulant therapy. The indication for such therapy was applied not only in patients in whom the high risk and poor run-off contraindicated revascularisation operations, but also in those in good general conditions at the 2nd or 3rd stage with iliac and femoral thromboses. Two-thirds of the arteriopathics observed were given the anticoagulant treatment for more than two years, with a maximum of eight years. Clinical evolution of the disease is discussed in relation to the treated patients' age and stage, while emphasis is given to the very low incidence of complications and contraindications, despite the long period of treatment.

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