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Clinical Trial
. 1968 Sep 7;3(5618):571-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5618.571.

Long-term anticoagulant therapy after myocardial infarction in women

C F Borchgrevink, C Bjerkelund, A M Abrahamsen, G Bay, P Borgen, B Grande, I Helle, H Kjörstad, A M Petersen, T Rörvik, R Thorsen, A Odegaard
Clinical Trial

Long-term anticoagulant therapy after myocardial infarction in women

C F Borchgrevink et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

A multicentre trial from five medical departments in Oslo has been carried out to determine the value in women patients of one year's long-term anticoagulant therapy. Follow-up long-term laboratory control and anticoagulant dosage were performed at one centre (the Rikshospitalet). One hundred and fifty-nine patients were assigned randomly into two similar well-matched groups (control and treatment). Dosage was controlled by Thrombotest, aiming at 10-20% levels, and 50% of the tests were less than 14%. Compared with the control group, the treatment group showed a significant reduction in mortality and in reinfarction rate. No serious bleeding complications occurred. It is concluded that women benefit as much as men from long-term anticoagulant therapy.

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