Intracardiac thrombus in a patient with mitral bioprosthesis and atrial fibrillation treated with direct oral anticoaugulant: A case report.
Francesco CoralloRoberta ManganaroIlaria BorettiDaniele GiacopelliGaetano CannavàFrancesco CoralloPlacido BramantiAntonio DucaPublished in: Medicine (2021)
Our case demonstrated how AF has high risk of thromboembolic complications, not only in terms of stroke but also of myocardial infarction and death.The use of direct oral anticoagulants in AF patients with bioprosthetic heart valves is still debated due to an unclear definition of "nonvalvular" AF.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- direct oral anticoagulants
- aortic valve
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- aortic valve replacement
- mitral valve
- oral anticoagulants
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- catheter ablation
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- case report
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- newly diagnosed