Publications by authors named "Biljana A Vuckovic"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the risk of postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing dentoalveolar surgery while on direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) or vitamin K antagonists (VKA), compared to non-anticoagulated subjects.
- Three groups were analyzed: 77 patients on DOAC, 103 on VKA, and 103 controls, with bleeding incidents recorded as 2.9%, 4.8%, and 0.97% respectively, showing no significant differences.
- The findings concluded that neither DOAC nor VKA increased the risk of significant postoperative bleeding, allowing safe surgical procedures without the need to stop anticoagulant therapy.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the impact of decreased fibrinolytic activity and the PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphism on the risk of developing venous thrombosis.
- Researchers conducted a case-control study with 100 venous thrombosis patients and 100 controls, finding that lower fibrinolytic activity increased the risk of thrombosis by 2.7 times.
- The PAI-1 4G/5G gene variant did not significantly influence the risk of venous thrombosis compared to the 5G/5G genotype, indicating that decreased fibrinolytic activity is a more critical factor in this context.*
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing oral surgery while on anticoagulant therapy, categorizing them based on their anticoagulation levels and type of surgery.
- The groups included highly anticoagulated patients (Group A), those with moderate levels undergoing higher-risk procedures (Group B), and a small group needing intensive surgery with high INR (Group C), while a control group of healthy participants was also analyzed.
- Results showed low incidence of mild postoperative bleeding across the groups, suggesting that extensive dental extractions and surgeries can be safely performed on anticoagulated patients when appropriate hemostatic measures are taken.
Background: Whether vitamin supplements decrease venous thrombosis risk is controversial. Previous reports did not all take confounding fully into account, either by randomization or by extensive adjustment.
Objective: The aim of our study was to determine whether vitamin supplementation decreases the risk of venous thrombosis.
Aim: To determine the differences in plasma homocysteine levels between three MTHFR 677 genotype subgroups in patients with thrombosis and in controls, as well as between patients with thrombosis and controls with the same MTHFR 677 genotype.
Methods: This case-control study was conducted in Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, from June to December 2011. We included 65 patients with either arterial or venous thrombosis (mean age, 40.
Introduction: Ischemic stroke is the third leading cause of mortality and morbidity in most countries in the world. Impaired fibrinolysis, as well as disordered lipid metabolism have been recognized as risk factors for this disease.
Objective: To study some of fibrinolytic parameters, lipid status and lipoprotein(a) - Lp(a) in ischemic stroke patients in Serbia and to examine associations between Lp(a) and fibrinolytic parameters.