Factor V Leiden mutation: An added risk in single ventricle palliation

We present the case report of a child with Factor V Leiden mutation who underwent Fontan procedure. Thromboembolism is a widely recognized complication of the Fontan procedure and its modifications. Factor V Leiden mutation, being a hypercoagulable state, posed a higher risk for thromboembolism in t...

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Autores principales: Saileela, R, Shanthi, C, Agarwal, Ravi, Subramanyan, Raghavan, Cherian, KM
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23129917
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.99630
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author Saileela, R
Shanthi, C
Agarwal, Ravi
Subramanyan, Raghavan
Cherian, KM
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description We present the case report of a child with Factor V Leiden mutation who underwent Fontan procedure. Thromboembolism is a widely recognized complication of the Fontan procedure and its modifications. Factor V Leiden mutation, being a hypercoagulable state, posed a higher risk for thromboembolism in this child. Appropriate measures taken before and after surgery prevented postoperative coagulopathy.
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spelling pubmed-34872162012-11-05 Factor V Leiden mutation: An added risk in single ventricle palliation Saileela, R Shanthi, C Agarwal, Ravi Subramanyan, Raghavan Cherian, KM Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report We present the case report of a child with Factor V Leiden mutation who underwent Fontan procedure. Thromboembolism is a widely recognized complication of the Fontan procedure and its modifications. Factor V Leiden mutation, being a hypercoagulable state, posed a higher risk for thromboembolism in this child. Appropriate measures taken before and after surgery prevented postoperative coagulopathy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3487216/ /pubmed/23129917 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.99630 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Factor V Leiden mutation: An added risk in single ventricle palliation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487216/
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