Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Using a Direct Thrombin Inhibitor

A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital to undergo radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). We found that he had a history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Thus, a direct thrombin inhibitor, Argatroban Hydrate (Argatroban(Ⓡ)), was used instead...

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Autores principales: Sakai, Togo, Takemoto, Masao, Ueno, Jiro, Nyuta, Eiji, Antoku, Yoshibumi, Koga, Tokushi, Tsuchihashi, Takuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9556243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35185059
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9288-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9556243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35185059
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9288-21

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