PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Kuznar, Wayne ED - Page, Richard L. TI - Promising Agent Identified as Specific Antidote to Factor Xa Inhibition DP - 2014 Sep 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 17--17 VI - 14 IP - 21 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/21/17.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/21/17.full AB - Antidotes to Factor Xa inhibitors are under development and should enhance the safety of the new oral anticoagulant (NOAC) agents. Reversal of a NOAC is necessary in certain circumstances, such as a spontaneous or provoked hemorrhage (rate of 10% to 20% in Phase 3 trials), an emergency or invasive procedure that requires the rapid reversal of anticoagulation, or serious bleeding in a critical organ.