Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter

Mechanical heart valves are associated with high risk of thrombosis and thromboembolic complications. Vitamin K antagonist is the only approved oral medication for the anticoagulation in cases of mechanical heart valves. This poses a challenge in cases where vitamin K antagonists are contraindicated...

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Autores principales: Aljaziri, Narjis, Alkhaleel, Meshail S., Alrajhi, Norah, Alghamdi, Mohammed, Aljizeeri, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Heart Association 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447605
http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1317
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author Aljaziri, Narjis
Alkhaleel, Meshail S.
Alrajhi, Norah
Alghamdi, Mohammed
Aljizeeri, Ahmed
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description Mechanical heart valves are associated with high risk of thrombosis and thromboembolic complications. Vitamin K antagonist is the only approved oral medication for the anticoagulation in cases of mechanical heart valves. This poses a challenge in cases where vitamin K antagonists are contraindicated. Although temporary anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin is common among pregnant patients with mechanical heart valves, data about long term anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin is limited. We report a successful long-term anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin in a patient with mechanical mitral valve and atrial flutter.
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spelling pubmed-96711452022-11-28 Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter Aljaziri, Narjis Alkhaleel, Meshail S. Alrajhi, Norah Alghamdi, Mohammed Aljizeeri, Ahmed J Saudi Heart Assoc Case Report Mechanical heart valves are associated with high risk of thrombosis and thromboembolic complications. Vitamin K antagonist is the only approved oral medication for the anticoagulation in cases of mechanical heart valves. This poses a challenge in cases where vitamin K antagonists are contraindicated. Although temporary anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin is common among pregnant patients with mechanical heart valves, data about long term anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin is limited. We report a successful long-term anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin in a patient with mechanical mitral valve and atrial flutter. Saudi Heart Association 2022-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9671145/ /pubmed/36447605 http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1317 Text en © 2022 Saudi Heart Association https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ).
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Alkhaleel, Meshail S.
Alrajhi, Norah
Alghamdi, Mohammed
Aljizeeri, Ahmed
Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter
title Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter
title_full Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter
title_fullStr Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter
title_full_unstemmed Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter
title_short Successful Long-Term Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in a Patient with Mechanical Mitral Valve and Atrial Flutter
title_sort successful long-term anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin in a patient with mechanical mitral valve and atrial flutter
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447605
http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1317
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