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The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency
A 24-year-old woman with antithrombin (AT) deficiency presented with right-sided pleuritic chest pain of five days duration with diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) made at an outside hospital. After discussion of treatment options with the patient, her treatment was changed to rivaroxaban protocol...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670697 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8560 |
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author | Gryn, Oscar J Nguyen, Trivian Frankova, Daniela |
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description | A 24-year-old woman with antithrombin (AT) deficiency presented with right-sided pleuritic chest pain of five days duration with diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) made at an outside hospital. After discussion of treatment options with the patient, her treatment was changed to rivaroxaban protocol. The case illustrates an appropriate treatment plan for patients with AT deficiency presenting with unprovoked PE, especially when prioritizing ease of use. |
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spelling | pubmed-73589002020-07-14 The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency Gryn, Oscar J Nguyen, Trivian Frankova, Daniela Cureus Internal Medicine A 24-year-old woman with antithrombin (AT) deficiency presented with right-sided pleuritic chest pain of five days duration with diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) made at an outside hospital. After discussion of treatment options with the patient, her treatment was changed to rivaroxaban protocol. The case illustrates an appropriate treatment plan for patients with AT deficiency presenting with unprovoked PE, especially when prioritizing ease of use. Cureus 2020-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7358900/ /pubmed/32670697 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8560 Text en Copyright © 2020, Gryn et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Gryn, Oscar J Nguyen, Trivian Frankova, Daniela The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency |
title | The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency |
title_full | The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency |
title_fullStr | The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency |
title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency |
title_short | The Use of Rivaroxaban for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Antithrombin Deficiency |
title_sort | use of rivaroxaban for unprovoked pulmonary embolism in the setting of antithrombin deficiency |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670697 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8560 |
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