Heparin
"Heparin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.
| Descriptor ID |
D006493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.373.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Heparin- Heparin
- Unfractionated Heparin
- Heparin, Unfractionated
- Heparinic Acid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heparin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Mallidi J, Ulahannan J, Chaubey VK, Atreya AR, Shakoor MT, Fisher D, Garb J, Lotfi A. Comparison of Clinical Outcomes: Bivalirudin With Transfemoral Access Versus Heparin With Transradial Access in Patients With ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2019 09; 18(3):130-134.
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Bain J, Oyler DR, Smyth SS, Macaulay TE. Pathophysiology and pharmacologic treatment of venous thromboembolism. Curr Drug Targets. 2014 Feb; 15(2):199-209.