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: Tags: Ann Pharmacother Source Type: research