Major bleedings in mechanical prosthetic heart valves patients on Vitamin K antagonist treatment. Data from the PLECTRUM Study

Major bleedings in mechanical prosthetic heart valves patients on Vitamin K antagonist treatment. Data from the PLECTRUM Study

Patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves (MHV) need vitamin K antagonist (VKA) treatment, due to the high thrombotic risk. The need to evaluate the bleeding risk of these patients is of great clinical relevance. This is an observational retrospective multicenter study among Centers affiliat...

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Main Authors: Daniela Poli, Emilia Antonucci, Gualtiero Palareti, Roberto Facchinetti, Pietro Falco, Giuseppina Serricchio, Teresa Lerede, Lucilla Masciocco, Paolo Gresele, Sophie Testa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2022-07-01
Series:Bleeding, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Subjects:
Mechanical heart valves
Anticoagulation
Vitamin K antagonists
Bleeding
Online Access:https://btvb.org/btvb/article/view/34

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