"This is a useful addition to the library of hematologists, internists, pathologists, and other clinicians who use anticoagulant therapy. It is a helpful reference for the history of drug development and clinical trials in this area of medicine. Although many textbooks of hematology and internal medicine will contain some of this information, I am not aware of another recent book with this comprehensive focus." --Doody
Part I. Historical Development and Properties1. Anticoagulant Heparins2. Non-anticoagulant Heparins
Part II. Clinical Applications3. Prevention of Thrombosis4. Therapy for Thrombosis
Part III. Adverse Effects5. Bleeding, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Dr. Green is a hematologist with 45 years of clinical & research experience and an expert on hemostasis and thrombosis. He teaches medical students, interns, residents, fellows, and practicing physicians and has organized symposia, given national and international presentations, and published extensively on bleeding and clotting disorders. His lectures to medical students on anticoagulant therapy have garnered teaching awards, and he has been a co-investigator on landmark clinical trials of heparin and low molecular weight heparin. He is the author or co-author of two dozen publications devoted to heparins, including 19 peer-reviewed research papers in major medical journals. He is also the author of two recent books, Linked by Blood: Hemophilia and AIDS, and Factor VIII and Von Willebrand Factor.