Thromboembolism in a patient with a mechanical mitral valve during anticoagulation with dabigatran etexilate

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1863-1864

  Kuwauchi, Shintaro ^a   Watanabe, Sunao ^a   Abe, Kohei ^a   Yamasaki, Manabu ^a   Ito, Joji ^a   Kawazoe, Kohei ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIODARONE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AXILLARY ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

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ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBIN PROTEINS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PYRIDINES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84887048355     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.043     Document Type: Article

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