On average, a heparin injection costs 70 cents for a one-milliliter vial, said David Stimler, a pharmacy purchasing administrator at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The drug is derived from the mucosal lining ...

As a highly potent, natural anticoagulant, heparin is well known as an antithrombotic agent, and it has been shown to inhibit smooth muscle cell proliferation. INTERGARD Heparin grafts incorporate ...

Purpose. The performance of a weight-based dosing protocol for unfractionated heparin (UFH) infusions using antifactor Xa monitoring was evaluated. Methods. The first 50 patients to receive a UFH ...