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Southwest Symposium on Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Albuquerque, NM
October 7-8, 2005

This symposium is intended for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals who provide care to patients on anticoagulants such as warfarin, low molecular weight heparin, aspirin, and other antithrombotic agents.  Some of the important topics to be covered at this year's symposium include:

  • The impact of genetic differences between patients on the metabolism of warfarin.
  • New drugs in the pipeline to treat thrombosis.
  • Diagnosis and treatment of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
  • Alternative approaches to HIT therapy.
  • Clinical uses of activated recombinant factor VII.
  • Diagnosis and management of bleeding disorders in women.
  • Immune-mediated bleeding disorders.

For more information about this meeting: http://www.dvtnm.com/


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