Recurrent embolisms despite adequate anticoagulant therapy in a patient with prosthetic heart valves and atrial fibrillation: a case report.
Alexander MarschallDiego Rodriguez TorresAndrea Rueda LiñaresDavid Martí SánchezPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
This case report demonstrates the complexity of the antithrombotic management in patients with AF and prosthetic heart valves, and highlights the importance of an individualized approach, integrating new therapeutic strategies to achieve success, in patients that present thromboembolic events despite adequate anticoagulation therapy.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- case report
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- newly diagnosed
- aortic valve replacement
- chronic kidney disease
- venous thromboembolism
- stem cells
- left ventricular