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"The end of good luck''--long-term survival without anticoagulation: a case report and review of the literature.
Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - 1 Jan 2000
Gul Enes E, Altunbas Gokhan, Kayrak Mehmet, Ozdemir Kurtulus
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Long-term anticoagulation in patients with metallic prosthetic valve disease is required according to current guidelines. We describe a patient with a functioning mitral mechanical valve without anticoagulation for 27 years. A 46-year-old man admitted to the emergency department with complains of palpitation. The patient had a mitral valve replacement because of severe mitral stenosis. He discontinued warfarin...
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