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Dabigatran-Related Nephropathy in a Patient with Undiagnosed IgA Nephropathy
Rachele Escoli1, Paulo Santos1, Sequeira Andrade1
1Department of Nephrology, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, 2350-754 Torres Novas, Portugal.
Abstract:
Dabigatran is a direct thrombin inhibitor used as an alternative to warfarin for long term anticoagulation. Warfarin-related nephropathy is an increasingly recognized entity, but recent evidence suggests that dabigatran can cause a WRN-like syndrome. We describe a case of a biopsy-proven anticoagulant nephropathy related to dabigatran in a patient with IgA nephropathy and propose that, despite the base glomerular disease, acute kidney injury was due to tubular obstruction by red blood cells and heme-associated tubular injury, and through a mechanism involving inhibition of anticoagulation cascade and barrier abnormalities caused by molecular mechanisms.
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