Heparin structure, drug delivery applications and clinical outcomes
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated |
| Subject: | Heparin, Antithrombotic, Vascular health |
| Authors: | Nicole B. Wilkinson |
| Pages: | 76 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9781631176241 |
| Call No: | QP702 H4 H529 2014 |
Heparin is a highly sulphated glycosaminoglycan discovered about 90 years ago, and since then is widely used in medicine as an anticoagulant drug, administered for parenteral, intravenous and subcutaneous. Antithrombin (AT) is a small protein molecule that inactivates several enzymes of the coagulation system. This book discusses the clinical applications of heparin; new antithrombotic and anti-platelet drugs that can be used instead of heparin; and heparin's effect on vascular health.