Severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding in heartmate II induced by acquired von Willebrand deficiency: Anticoagulation management

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sponga, Sandro ^a   Nalli, Chiara ^a   Casonato, Alessandra ^a   Charbonneau, Eric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ERYTHROPOIETIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SOMATOSTATIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASES; WARFARIN;

EID: 84864267115     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.087     Document Type: Article

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