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2009年9月

Warfarin-Associated Fetal Intracranial Hemorrhage in Woman with Mitral Valve Replacements: A Case Report

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
  • Hitoshi Masamoto
  • ,
  • Hiroyuki Uehara
  • ,
  • Keiko Mekaru
  • ,
  • Tadakazu Uezato
  • ,
  • Kaoru Sakumoto
  • ,
  • Yoichi Aoki

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開始ページ
597
終了ページ
600
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1055/s-0029-1220781
出版者・発行元
THIEME MEDICAL PUBL INC

Warfarin-associated fetal hemorrhage is a fatal event. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman who had been taking warfarin for 23 years since undergoing mitral valve replacement. Thereafter, when she was found to be pregnant, the medication was switched to heparin from 6 to 21 weeks of gestation. Following this, she was prescribed oral warfarin again (3.5 mg per day), with a strict control of prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR). At 23 weeks of gestation, fetal intracranial hemorrhage occurred because of maternal exposure to warfarin. Maternal PT/INR does not correlate well with the activity of warfarin in the fetus and currently, there is no direct way to prevent fetal intracranial hemorrhage. Hence, further research on the optimal coagulation therapy in pregnant women with valve replacement should be encouraged.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1220781
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000269216600009&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1055/s-0029-1220781
  • ISSN : 0735-1631
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000269216600009

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