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Detection of a left atrial thrombus under fondaparinux treatment: a case report
Iris Katharina Reind1, Alexander Vogt, Uwe Raaz
1Department of Medicine III, Martin-Luther-University, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, D-06108 Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. iris.reindl@medizin.uni-halle.de
Abstract:
Interruption of oral anticoagulation is discussed often, particularly in the outpatient setting. We present a 66- year-old woman who developed a thrombus in the left atrial appendage under bridging therapy with fondaparinux. With this case report we would like to emphasize that off-label use of fondaparinux should not be administered to patients at high risk for systemic embolism.
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