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Anticoagulation of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and factor VII deficiency.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Oct 2010
Davidson Simon J, Turner Natalie, Tillyer Louise
Abstract excerpt
A 50-year-old male patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation was anticoagulated, with warfarin following insertion of a cardioverter defibrillator. He became markedly over anticoagulated after standard moderate induction doses of warfarin. His baseline prothrombin time was prolonged and further investigation showed the patient to have a mild factor VII deficiency. He was restarted on...
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