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  • ASH 2014 Highlights: Thrombosis and Anticoagulation

    Stephan Moll, MD writes… The annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting took place in Dec 2014 in San Francisco.  A summary of the clinically relevant thrombosis and anticoagulation presentation and abstracts is presented here (Top 10 ASH Highlights).   Disclosure: I have been a consultant to Portola, Daiichi, Janssen, and Boehringer-Ingelheim.  Last updated: Jan…

  • Highlights of the 2013 ASH Annual Meeting

    Stephan Moll, MD writes…  The annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) took place this month (Dec 6-12th, 2013) in New Orleans. The clinically relevant highlights about thrombosis and anticoagulation are summarized below.

  • Top 10 Publications on Thrombosis and Anticoagulation from 2012

    Stephan Moll writes… 2012 has been a year with significant progress in the field of venous thromboembolism and anticoagulation.  The three most noteworthy, clinically relevant developments were probably (a) the publication of the new ACCP (American College of Chest Physician) guidelines on antithrombotic therapy in February 2012; (b)  The FDA-approval of rivaroxaban (Xarelto) in November 2012 for the acute…

  • ASH 2011: Highlights in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation

    The annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) took place in San Diego from Dec 10-13, 2011.  Abstracts on thrombosis and anticoagulation that I found  interesting and clinically relevant  are summarized and put into a clinical perspective in this summary document.  Only one abstract was, in my assessment, clinical-practice-changing – abstract #543: “Aspirin after…

  • 10 Ways to Communicate Better with your Doctor at your Next Office Visit

    Beth Waldron, Program Director of Clot Connect writes… Research has shown that effective communication between a patient and their doctor can improve the patient’s health outcome.[i]  If you have been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), you understandably have many questions.  In an ideal world, a health care provider would have…

  • Blue Feet (Acrocyanosis)

    A 34-year-old woman presents with worsening painless reddish-purple discoloration of both feet.  Symptoms started one year ago when she noticed that the creases of her toes were somewhat more purplish discolored.

  • North American Meeting on Clotting and Bleeding

    A major North American thrombosis & hemostasis  conference will take place May 3-5, 2012, in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency.  This meeting is mostly geered towards health care professionals of various specilaties  interested in and taking care of patients with thrombotic and bleeding disorders.  However, there is also a small patient education track – the content is still being…