Heparin. New biochemical and medical aspects : : Proceedings of the symposium of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie, Titisee, Breisgau, Germany June 29th–July 1st, 1981 / / ed. by Irene Witt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Abildgaard, Ulrich,; Aronson, Moshe,; Asbjørn Holm, Hans,; Bender, Norbert,; Bhargava, Akhil S.,; Bleiberg, Ilan,; Breddin, Hans Klaus,; Casonato, A.,; Castellot, John J.,; Cella, G.,; Dawes, Joan,; Djazaeri, B.,; Duckert, François,; Fabian, Ina,; Fabris, F.,; Fok, J.,; Franz, Klaus,; Friberger, Petter,; Fussi, F.,; Fussi, Fernando,; Girolami, A.,; Günzel, Peter,; Hach, Viola,; Harenberg, Job,; Junker, Werner,; Kakkar, V. V.,; Karnovsky, Morris J.,; Lill, Helmut,; Marbet, German A.,; Mattes, Kurt,; Maximilian Kirchmaier, Carl,; Naumann, Margot,; Paplham, Helena,; Randi, M.,; Riesenfeld, Johan,; Rosenberg, Robert D.,; Róka, Ladislaus,; Schlegel, Jürgen,; Schmitz-Huebner, Ulrich,; Schöndorf, Theodor H.,; Scully, M.,; Spaethe, Reiner,; Strauß, Joan,; Verstraete, Marc,; Walter, Erhard,; Weber, Ellen,; Westwick, J.,; Witt, Irene,; Zimmermann, Rainer,
• HerausgeberIn: Witt, Irene,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.) :; Num. figs.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Introductory Welcome -- List Of Participants -- Contents -- I. Heparin: Structure, Mechanism of Action, Biosynthesis and Catabolism -- The Function and Structure of the Heparin Molecule -- Biosynthesis of Heparin -- Physiological Heparin - its Function and Fate -- Mechanism of Heparin Rebound and Heparin-Protamine Interactions -- II. Methods for the Determination of Heparin -- Overview on Methods for the Determination of Heparin -- Control of Heparin Therapy by Measurement of the Antithrombin III-Heparin-Complex -- Determination of Heparin by a Fluorogenic Synthetic Substrate -- Properties of the Coatest ® Heparin As say -- A Sensitive Competitive Binding Assay for Heparin -- Determination of Low Dose Heparin Activities in Plasma -- Characterization of Heparin Preparations in Vivo by Different Test Systems -- Determination of Heparin and Fractionated Heparin with Different Molecular Weights -- III. Clinical Usage of Heparin -- Low Molecular Weight Heparin and the Prevention of Postoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis -- The Effect of Heparins on Platelet Release Reaction -- Characterization of a New Potent Heparin -- Side Effects of Heparin -- Role of Heparin-Like Molecules in Atherogenesis -- Unresolved Problems in the Use of Heparin -- IV. Experience with "Monitoring of Heparin Therapy" -- Heparin Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis: Correlation Between Clinical Effects and Heparin Assays -- Heparin-, Heparin Cofactor- and Platelet Factor 4 Plasma Levels Under Heparin Treatment -- Determination of Heparin, Partial Thromboplastin Time and Antithrombin III after Subcutaneous Heparin Administration -- Monitoring of Heparin During Extracorporal Circulation in Open Heart Surgery -- Chromogenic and Fluorogenic Assays - A Challenge for Conventional Monitoring of Heparin Therapy? -- V. Concluding Discussion -- Introduction -- Subject Index