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Antithrombotic Therapy Poster II

Sunday, December 7, 2008: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A (Moscone Center)
Prevention of Venous Thrombosis in Cancer Patients: A randomized, Double-Blind Study Comparing Two Different Dosages of Low-Molecular Weight Heparin

Sabine Eichinger1*, Ludwig Traby1*, Alexandra Kaider2*, Peter Quehenberger3* and Paul Alexander Kyrle1

1Dept. of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Acute Treatments and Early Outcomes of Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: First Analysis of the International Pediatric Stroke Study

Neil A Goldenberg, MD, PhD1*, Timothy J. Bernard, MD2*, Anne Gordon, MSc3*, Heather J. Fullerton, MD, MSA4* and Gabrielle A. deVeber, MD, MSc5*

1Depts of Pediatrics and Medicine and the Mountain States Regional Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Univ. of Colorado Denver and The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO
2Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology and the Mountain States Regional Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Univ. of Colorado and The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO
3Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
4Neurology, Univ. of California San Francisco and UCSF Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
5Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

Safe Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism on An Outpatient BasisClinically Relevant Abstract

Michael J. Kovacs, MD, FRCPC, Jeffrey D.E. Hawel*, Janelle F. Rekman* and Alejandro Lazo-Langner, MD, MSc

Victoria Hospital, London, ON, Canada

Aspirin Resistance in Children after Interventional Cardiac CatheterisationClinically Relevant Abstract

Markus Schmugge, MD1, Oliver Speer1*, Sabine Kroiss1*, Marlies Schmid1*, Walter Knirsch2*, Oliver Kretschmar2*, Margaret L. Rand3 and Manuela Albisetti1*

1Haematology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2Cardiology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
3Haematology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Unmet Need for Extended Thromboprophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical Patients: The Findings of IMPROVE, ENDORSE and EXCLAIMClinically Relevant Abstract

Frederick A Anderson Jr., PhD1, Russell D Hull, MBBS2*, Sebastian M Schellong, MD3*, Bruno Deslandes4*, Victor F Tapson, MD5*, Meyer Michel Samama, MD, PharmD6*, Alexander GG Turpie, MD7*, Roger D Yusen, MD, MPH8*, Herve Decousus, MD9*, Alexander T Cohen, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRACP10* and Manuel Monreal, MD11*

1Center for Outcomes Research, Univ. of Mass. Medical School, Worcester, MA
2Foothills Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
3Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
4Sanofi-aventis, Paris, France
5Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
6University Hospital, Hotel Dieu, Ivry-sur-Seine cedex, France
7HHSC McMaster Clinic, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
8Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
9Internal Medicine, University Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
10Department of Vascular Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
11Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain

Apixaban Treatment Decreases Coagulation Activity in Patients with Acute Deep-Vein Thrombosis

Yu Chen Barrett, Ph.D., Jessie Wang, Ph.D.*, Zhigang Yu, Ph.D.*, Andrew Shenker, M.D., Ph.D.*, Robert Knabb, Ph.D.* and Puneet Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.*

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

Platelet Responsiveness to Aspirin Loading in Patients with ST Elevation MI Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Intervention Is Associated with Myocardial Reperfusion and Clinical Outcome

David Varon1, Shlomi Matetzky2*, Paul Fefer2*, Boris Shenkman3*, Michael Shechter2*, Nitza Levi2*, Naphtali Savion4* and Hanoch Hod2*

1Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2Cardiology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
3Institute of thrombosis and hemostasis, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
4Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Predictive Factors for Poor Outcome in Danaparoid-Treated HIT-Patients: A French Multicentre Case-Control Study

IsmaïL. Elalamy1*, B. Tardy-Poncet2*, A. Mulot3*, E. DeMaistre4*, Claire Pouplard5*, Philippe Nguyen1*, M. Trossaert6*, Y. Blanloeil7*, B. Cleret8*, Yves Gruel, MD9, T. Lecompte10* and B. Tardy11*

1Haemostasis, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France
2Hématologie Biologique, CHU St Etienne, St Etienne, France
3Hématologie Biologique, CHU Nancy, Paris, France
4Hématologie Biologique, CHU Dijon, Paris, France
5Department of Hematology-Hemostasis, University hospital of Tours, Tours Cedex, France
6Hématologie Biologique, CHU Nantes, Paris, France
7Hématologie Biologique, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
8Organon, Paris, France
9Dept. Hematology-Hemostasis, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
10CHU Nancy, Paris, France
11Hématologie Biologique, CHU St Etienne, Paris, France

Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Warfarin Reversal: A Single Dose Is Effective for All INRs >4.5

Alexander Gatt, MD, MRCP, FRCPath1*, Anne Riddell1*, Joost J van Veen2*, Steve Kitchen2*, Edward Tuddenham3* and Michael Makris, MD4

1Hemophilia Ctr. & Thrombosis Unit, The Royalfree Hospital, London, United Kingdom
2Sheffield Hemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
3Hemophilia Ctr. & Thrombosus Unit, The Royalfree Hospital, London, ARRAY(0xc7e9c90)
4Dept. of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, Sheffield, ARRAY(0xc0e07c8)

A Pooled Analysis of Four Pivotal Studies of Rivaroxaban for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism after Orthopaedic Surgery: Effects of Specified Co-Medications

Bengt Eriksson, MD1*, Alexander GG Turpie, MD2*, Michael Rud Lassen, MD3*, Ajay K Kakkar, Prof., PhD4, Frank Misselwitz, MD5, Tiemo Joerg Bandel6*, Martin Homering7*, Torsten Westermeier8* and Michael Gent, MD9*

1Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Ostra, Gothenburg, Sweden
2HHSC McMaster Clinic, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3Spine Clinic, Clinical Trials Unit,University of Copenhagen, Horsholm Hospital, Horsholm, Denmark
4Barts and The London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
5Bayer Healthcare Agency, Wuppertal, Germany
6Bayer Healthcare, Wuppertal, Germany
7Bayer HealthCare AG, Wuppertal, Germany
8Bayer Healthcare AG, Wuppertal, Germany
9Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, W. Hamilton, Canada

*signifies non-member of ASH