Coumadin (warfarin) is a drug used to help prevent clots from forming in the blood vessels. Clots can block the blood supply to vital organs, like the brain or heart, and can cause stroke, heart attack or other problems. For those patients who take Coumadin, Cardiovascular Associates offers a special clinic to help manage the dosage and monitor your blood's clotting ability. Cardiovascular Associates’ Coumadin Clinic is run by specially trained nurses and supervised by our physicians. Clinic appointments. Coumadin clinics have been shown to be effective in the control of blood thinning, resulting in fewer problems from either inadequate or excessive blood clotting (anticoagulation).

Other benefits include:

• Blood sample is collected from a finger-stick not the vein
• Your results are obtained within 2 minutes (INR*)
• Individualized dosing instructions are written and reviewed
• Clinic visits are short, 10 minutes in length
• Education, individual diet do’s and don’ts, medication safety issues, and life style changes are all part of our educational components to controlling your disease

*INR is the accepted measurement of anticoagulant activity.