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M B Izzat1, A P Yim, M H El-Zufari
1Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. izzat@cuhk.edu.hk
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 13, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of profound anticoagulation caused by interaction between warfarin and danshen, a widely used Chinese herbal medicine, in a patient who had undergone mitral valve replacement. Patients taking warfarin should be warned not to take this herb. In addition, physicians should be alert to the possibility of an interaction with herbal medicine when anticoagulation control becomes difficult and no other causes are apparent.