New tool calculates risk of bleeding in heart attack patients
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 17:28
in Health & Medicine
With eight basic medical facts in hand, doctors can now estimate the risk of bleeding for a patient having a heart attack. Using clinical variables, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Duke University and collaborating institutions have created a new method to estimate bleeding risk and help lessen the chances that heart attack patients will experience this common complication.
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