Our Services

Patients are referred to the Anticoagulation Clinic by their healthcare provider. Typically, patients with these conditions may need anticoagulation services:

• valve replacement (artificial heart valves)
• history of blood clots
• clotting disorders
• increased clotting risk following surgery or medical procedures
• immobility

OMC’s Anticoagulation Clinic provides:

• blood tests to assess clotting time
• heparin shots or Vitamin K (antidotes)
• consultation for those undergoing surgery (or other circumstances when medications should not or cannot be taken, or dosage needs to be reduced)
• information about lifestyle factors affecting medication use
• nurse line
• anticoagulation education.