Liver cirrhosis and the anticoagulant treatment – from guided indications to daily practice - case report

Nicoleta Dima, Luminiţa Gina Vâţă, Elena Rezuş, Anca Trifan

Abstract


This is the case of a 64-year old hypertensive, diabetic patient, known to have liver cirrhosis, with a history of pulmonary thromboembolism, with permanent electrical cardiac stimulation, who was hospitalized for a newly diagnosed giant popliteal hematoma. The patient is currently discharged and following oral anticoagulant treatment.

Keywords


liver cirrhosis, oral anticoagulant treatment, permanent electrical cardiac stimulation, type 2 diabetes mellitus, pulmonary thromboembolism

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22551/2015.05.0201.10031

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