Parenteral anticoagulants in heart disease: Current status and perspectives (Section II)

Raffaele De Caterina1*; Steen Husted2*; Lars Wallentin3*; Felicita Andreotti4**; Harald Arnesen5**; Fedor Bachmann6**; Colin Baigent7**; Kurt Huber8**; Jørgen Jespersen9**; Steen Dalby Kristensen10**; Gregory Y. H. Lip11**; João Morais12**; Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen13**; Agneta Siegbahn14**; Freek W. A. Verheugt15**; Jeffrey I. Weitz16** 1Cardiovascular Division, Ospedale SS. Annunziata, G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy; 2Medical-Cardiological Department, Aarhus Sygehus, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Cardiology, Uppsala Clinical Research Centre and Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 4Department of Cardiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy; 5Medical Department, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Norway; 6Department of Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; 7Cardiovascular Science, Oxford University, Oxford, UK; 83rd Department of Medicine, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria; 9Unit for Thrombosis Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark; 10Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark; 11Haemostasis Thrombosis & Vascular Biology Unit, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK; 12Cardiology, Leiria Hospital, Leiria, Portugal; 13Department of Cardiology, Thrombosis Center Aalborg, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 14Coagulation and Inflammation Science, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 15Cardiology, Medical Centre, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands; 16Thrombosis & Atherosclerosis Research Institute, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada