INR Self-Management Permits Lower Anticoagulation Levels After Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement

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Authors

Heinrich Koertke · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Kazutomo Minami · Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda

Dietmar Boethig · Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda

Th. Breymann · Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda

Dirk Seifert · Kerckhoff Klinik

Otto Wagner · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

N. Atmacha

Abstract

Early onset INR self-management under oral anticoagulation after mechanical heart valve replacement enables patients to keep within a lower and smaller INR target range. The reduced anticoagulation level resulted in fewer grade III bleeding complications without increasing thromboembolic event rates.

Topics & Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 108, Issue 10_suppl_1, pp. II75-8

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000089185.80318.3f

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