• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2013

    Case Reports

    Prothrombin complex concentrate for warfarin-induced bleeding in a patient with a mechanical aortic valve.

    • Rahul Kar, Erik Abel, Pamela Burcham, and Michael S Firstenberg.
    • The Ohio State University College of Medicine, OH, USA.
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug 1; 17 (2): 421-2.

    AbstractReversal of anticoagulation-induced bleeding in the perioperative period can be challenging, particularly with an unstable patient with a mechanical valve. We present a case of life-threatening bleeding successfully managed with a prothrombin complex concentrate as an alternative to fresh frozen plasma.

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