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Antidote to coumadin
Antidote to coumadin





  • Undue bleeding (antidote: Vitamin K1, called phytonadione).
  • antidote to coumadin

  • Surgical procedures: cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO, PCI.
  • Coagulation disorders like antiphospholipid syndrome and DIC.
  • Cardiac valve replacement or coronary angioplasty.
  • Ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack.
  • Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism.
  • antidote to coumadin

  • Causes an initial period of hypercoagulation (due to protein C depletion) followed by anticoagulation.
  • Inhibits maturation of clotting factors II, VII, IX, X and anti-coagulation proteins C, S.
  • Blocks vitamin K epoxide reductase and prevent regeneration of vitamin K epoxide, which is a cofactor for the enzyme gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, which converts the non-functional forms of coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X and anticoagulation proteins C and S, into their functional forms.






  • Antidote to coumadin