Acute pulmonary emboli in a patient on long-term dabigatran therapy.
CONCLUSIONS: Our patient developed acute bilateral PE despite receiving long-term anticoagulation with dabigatran. While it is possible that patient-specific factors resulted in reduced dabigatran exposure and efficacy, conclusions cannot be made.
PMID: 23535815 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Rafferty JA, Prom R, Kujawski SZ Tags: Ann Pharmacother Source Type: research
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