Successful use of fondaparinux for perioperative bridging in a patient with a mechanical heart valve and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Successful use of fondaparinux for perioperative bridging in a patient with a mechanical heart valve and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

The mechanical heart valve prosthesis is a thrombotic state requiring anticoagulation at therapeutic doses. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is both a thrombotic and bleeding state which has a high chance of recurrence when heparin is reinitiated. Unfractionated heparin and low molecular-weigh...

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Main Authors: C R Pruthvi, Krishna Prasad, Dinakar Bootla, V Krishna Santosh, Parag Barwad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hematology
Subjects:
bridging anticoagulation
fondaparinux
heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
mitral valve replacement
Online Access:http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2019;volume=10;issue=4;spage=146;epage=148;aulast=Pruthvi

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