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Fatal Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Cirrhotic Patient Taking Apixaban with No History of Hemorrhage

This report describes a cirrhotic female patient with no history of bleeding or other gastrointestinal disorder who experienced fatal gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) after taking apixaban [which is a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC)] for one month for management of chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrill...

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Autor principal: Yen, Hung-Wen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6903885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31886064
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6126