Transcatheter Heart Valve Thrombosis in a Patient With Polycythemia Vera Despite Apixaban Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

We present a case of transcatheter heart valve thrombosis in a 76-year-old man with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation on therapeutic anticoagulation with apixaban and polycythemia vera. The incidence of transcatheter heart valve thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation and on adequate anticoagul...

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Autores principales: Mahalwar, Gauranga, Lao, Nicole, Babar, Arslan, Kapadia, Samir R., Kalra, Ankur, Cutler, David, Wierup, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8310972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.12.015
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Sumario:We present a case of transcatheter heart valve thrombosis in a 76-year-old man with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation on therapeutic anticoagulation with apixaban and polycythemia vera. The incidence of transcatheter heart valve thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation and on adequate anticoagulation is not well reported. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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