Massive mitral valve thrombosis following reversal of warfarin in a patient with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis

J Card Surg. 2016 Sep;31(9):596-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12813. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

Authors

Yasuyuki Yamada¹, Ikuko Shibasaki², Toshiyuki Kuwata², Hirotsugu Fukuda²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Centre, Gunma, Japan.
² Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital Heart Center, Tochigi, Japan.

PMID: 27464842
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12813

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Anticoagulants* / administration & dosage
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Heparin / administration & dosage
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
International Normalized Ratio
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Stenosis / etiology
Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging
Rheumatic Heart Disease / surgery*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / etiology*
Thrombosis / surgery*
Vitamin K / administration & dosage
Warfarin*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Vitamin K
Warfarin
Heparin