Patients with a mechanical prosthetic heart valve implantation need to be treated with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) due to a substantially high risk of thromboembolism. In this study we report data on patients with mechanical heart valves (MV), with the aim of evaluating the thromboembolic risk in relation to the type and site of implantation, quality of anticoagulation and risk factors associated with thromboembolism.

Mechanical prosthetic heart valves: Quality of anticoagulation and thromboembolic risk. The observational multicenter PLECTRUM study

FACCHINETTI, ROBERTO;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Patients with a mechanical prosthetic heart valve implantation need to be treated with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) due to a substantially high risk of thromboembolism. In this study we report data on patients with mechanical heart valves (MV), with the aim of evaluating the thromboembolic risk in relation to the type and site of implantation, quality of anticoagulation and risk factors associated with thromboembolism.
2018
Anticoagulation; Bleeding; Mechanical heart valves; Stroke; Vitamin K antagonists
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