Anticoagulants

"Anticoagulants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Agents that prevent BLOOD CLOTTING.

Descriptor ID	D000925
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.954.502.119
Concept/Terms	Anticoagulants Anticoagulants Anticoagulation Agents Agents, Anticoagulation Anticoagulant Agents Agents, Anticoagulant Anticoagulant Drugs Drugs, Anticoagulant Anticoagulant Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors Inhibitors, Indirect Thrombin Thrombin Inhibitors, Indirect

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Anticoagulants".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Hematologic Agents [D27.505.954.502]
Anticoagulants [D27.505.954.502.119]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Anticoagulants".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Anticoagulants".

Anticoagulants
Antithrombins

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Bar chart showing 304 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1999	2	1	3
2000	0	2	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	4	6
2003	2	1	3
2004	0	1	1
2005	2	2	4
2006	3	3	6
2007	7	4	11
2008	7	2	9
2009	3	5	8
2010	7	4	11
2011	10	5	15
2012	7	2	9
2013	10	1	11
2014	8	5	13
2015	10	9	19
2016	3	5	8
2017	4	5	9
2018	8	6	14
2019	6	6	12
2020	14	9	23
2021	9	10	19
2022	2	19	21
2023	5	16	21
2024	10	8	18
2025	13	6	19
2026	0	6	6

Below are the most recent publications written about "Anticoagulants" by people in Profiles.

Shireen Kanamgode S, Reid S, Halligan K. Massive pulmonary embolism complicated by pulmonary infarction, haemoptysis and hemothorax. BMJ Case Rep. 2026 May 19; 19(5).

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Reynolds MR, Pollit V, Schwamm L, Witte KK, Yaghi S, Rose DZ, Cudworth S, Carpenter J, Rosemas SC, Ziegler PD, Neisen K, Franco NC, Bernstein RA. Cost-effectiveness of an insertable cardiac monitor to detect atrial fibrillation in large- or small-vessel disease ischaemic stroke in the USA. BMJ Open. 2026 Apr 27; 16(4):e103766.

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Sharma R, McNamara KF, Badillo Goicoechea E, Bowman A, Van Coevering R, Chen L, Penckofer M, Singh E, Kerrigan D, Aboul-Nour H, Nahab F, Glover P, Krishnaiah B, Yaghi S, Khasiyev F, Lineback CM, Melkumova E, Culbertson C, Nguyen TN, Thompson SL, Jillella D, Daniel JA, Aziz Y, Alvi M, Herpich F, Shahrivari M, Chionatos RA, Elangovan C, Kang J, Zha A, Farooqui M, Rothstein A, Khan F, Smith M, Brown SJ, Abu Qdais A, Liebeskind DS, Abburi N, Rozental S, Nedelcu S, Thon JM, Stretz C, Thottempudi N, Yu W, Eklund K, Linares G, de Havenon A, Siegler JE. Recurrent Stroke in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke and Left Ventricular Injury: The Cardiac Abnormalities in Stroke Prevention and Recurrence (CASPR) Study. Stroke. 2026 May; 57(5):1175-1186.

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Ramadan A, Doma M, Ferreira Felix I, Kamel I, Ahmed MS, Mahmoud AK, Ismayl M, Karara Y, Villablanca PA, Saw J, DeSimone CV, Goldsweig AM. Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2026 Jul; 49(7):898-910.

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Creager MA, Barnes GD, Giri J, Mukherjee D, Jones WS, Burnett AE, Carman T, Casanegra AI, Castellucci LA, Clark SM, Cushman M, de Wit K, Eaves JM, Fang MC, Goldberg JB, Henkin S, Johnston-Cox H, Kadavath S, Kadian-Dodov D, Keeling WB, Klein AJP, Li J, McDaniel MC, Moores LK, Piazza G, Prenger KS, Pugliese SC, Ranade M, Rosovsky RP, Russo F, Secemsky EA, Sista AK, Tefera L, Weinberg I, Westafer LM, Young MN. 2026 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ACEP/CHEST/SCAI/SHM/SIR/SVM/SVN Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2026 Mar 24; 153(12):e977-e1051.

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Creager MA, Barnes GD, Giri J, Mukherjee D, Jones WS, Burnett AE, Carman T, Casanegra AI, Castellucci LA, Clark SM, Cushman M, de Wit K, Eaves JM, Fang MC, Goldberg JB, Henkin S, Johnston-Cox H, Kadavath S, Kadian-Dodov D, Keeling WB, Klein AJP, Li J, McDaniel MC, Moores LK, Piazza G, Prenger KS, Pugliese SC, Ranade M, Rosovsky RP, Russo F, Secemsky EA, Sista AK, Tefera L, Weinberg I, Westafer LM, Young MN. 2026 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ACEP/CHEST/SCAI/SHM/SIR/SVM/SVN Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Apr 07; 87(13):1626-1710.

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Yaghi S, Shu L, Mistry EA, Adeoye O, Schwamm L, Messe S, Elkind MSV, Ghannam M, de Havenon A, Furie K, Xian Y, Streib C, Wangqin R, Henninger N, Saver JL, Smith EE. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients on Direct Oral Anticoagulants: Analysis of the Get With The Guidelines Stroke Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jan 06; 15(1):e044321.

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Abu HO, Del Castillo FF, Wang W, Saczynski JS, Mehawej J, Tenes P, Tisminetzky M, Gurwitz J, Goldberg RJ, Dosa D, Kapoor A, McManus DD. The prevalence and burden of chronic kidney disease, patterns of anticoagulation prescribing, and major bleeding risk in older adults with atrial fibrillation. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Dec 28; 26(1):138.

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Haimovich JS, Kany S, Chang Y, Borowsky LH, McManus DD, Atlas SJ, Singer DE, Lubitz SA, Ellinor PT, Khurshid S. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Stressor-Associated Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the VITAL-AF Trial. Circulation. 2026 Feb 10; 153(6):367-378.

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Ito K. In older, frail, VKA-experienced patients with AF, SD-DOACs vs. warfarin reduced thrombotic events without increasing major bleeding. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Nov; 178(11):JC128.

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