by Deborah Balthazar, Thomas Jefferson University Credit: CC0 Public Domain When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets accumulate, like stacks of sandbags against a flood, a blood clot is...
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New anti-clotting medication found to reduce bleeding among people with atrial fibrillation
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An experimental anti-clotting medication, abelacimab, significantly reduced bleeding among people with atrial fibrillation (or AFib) who were at risk of stroke, according to results of the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial, presented today as late-breaking science at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023. The meeting, held Nov. 11–13, in...