"Heparin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.
| Descriptor ID |
D006493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.373.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Heparin- Heparin
- Unfractionated Heparin
- Heparin, Unfractionated
- Heparinic Acid
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heparin" by people in Profiles.
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Radial Hemostasis Is Facilitated With a Potassium Ferrate Hemostatic Patch: The STAT2 Trial. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 04 25; 15(8):810-819.
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Heparin, compression, and radial artery occlusion: Less is more. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 06 01; 97(7):1377-1378.
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Radial haemostasis is facilitated with a potassium ferrate haemostatic patch: the Statseal with TR Band assessment trial (STAT). EuroIntervention. 2018 Dec 07; 14(11):e1236-e1242.
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Acid-citrate-dextrose Formula A versus heparin as primary catheter lock solutions for therapeutic apheresis. Transfusion. 2014 Mar; 54(3):735-43.
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Role of the GRO family of chemokines in monocyte adhesion to MM-LDL-stimulated endothelium. J Clin Invest. 1994 Nov; 94(5):1968-73.