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Hemorrhagic shock as a complication of    anticoagulant therapy following the mitral valve replacement

  • TAJANA ZAH1
  • VIŠNJA IVANČAN1
  • DINKO TONKOVIĆ1
  • ŽELJKO KRZNARIĆ1
  • IGOR KLINAR2
  • VIŠNJA MAJERIĆ KOGLER 1

1University Hospital Zagreb, Department of anesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care

2,University Hospital for infective diseases «Fran Mihaljević»

DOI: 10.22514/SV22.102007.6 Vol.2,Issue 2,October 2007 pp.23-24

Published: 20 October 2007

*Corresponding Author(s): TAJANA ZAH E-mail: tajanazah@gmail.com

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Abstract

This report describes a case of the hemorrhagic shock in a patient on the anticoagulant therapy supplementing implanted mechanical prosthetic heart valve replacing the mitral valve. The association between hemorrhagic shock, mechanical prosthetic heart valve and anticoagulant therapy is briefly discussed.

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hemorrhagic shock, mechanical prosthetic heart valve, anticoagulant therapy

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TAJANA ZAH,VIŠNJA IVANČAN,DINKO TONKOVIĆ,ŽELJKO KRZNARIĆ,IGOR KLINAR,VIŠNJA MAJERIĆ KOGLER . Hemorrhagic shock as a complication of anticoagulant therapy following the mitral valve replacement. Signa Vitae. 2007. 2(2);23-24.

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