In:
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, SMC Media, , No. LATEST ONLINE ( 2020-09-30)
Abstract:
A 39-year-old woman who was taking the contraceptive pill was admitted with right leg deep venous thrombosis (DVT). She was started on apixaban tablets, but after 8 days developed proximal progression of the DVT and pulmonary embolism. Her medical history later showed a history of sleeve gastrectomy. The patient responded to a vitamin K antagonist after heparin. The failure of the antithrombotic drug shed light on the efficacy and changed pharmacodynamics of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) after bariatric surgery in the absence of commercially available blood monitoring tests.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2284-2594
DOI:
10.12890/2020_001954
Language:
English
Publisher:
SMC Media
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3016175-7
