A left atrial appendage thrombus that developed during prophylactic low‐dose dabigatran treatment resolved after switching to apixaban

We describe a case of atrial fibrillation in which an intracardiac thrombus that could not be prevented with “low‐dose” dabigatran treatment was resolved by switching to apixaban treatment. Thrombolysis using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) could be a therapeutic option for patients with intracar...

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Autores principales: Koyama, Taku, Otsuka, Yoritaka, Kawahara, Masaaki, Imoto, Yuki, Nakamura, Keita, Kodama, Sunao, Noguchi, Hiroo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.933
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Sumario:We describe a case of atrial fibrillation in which an intracardiac thrombus that could not be prevented with “low‐dose” dabigatran treatment was resolved by switching to apixaban treatment. Thrombolysis using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) could be a therapeutic option for patients with intracardiac thrombi, although the efficacies of different DOACs seem to differ and need further examination.

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