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Splenic infarction after reversal of warfarin using Prothrombinex‐VF in a patient with a mechanical aortic valve
Author(s) -
Sharma Varun,
Singh Talbir,
Weerasooriya Suranga,
Anand Dharmesh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja14.00851
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology
A 55-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of upper abdominal pain, haematemesis and malaena on a background of aortic valve replacement and three-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery. At the time of admission, his medications included warfarin (target international normalised ratio [INR], 2–3), metformin, gliclazide, ezetimibe, fenofibrate, carvedilol, ramipril, aspirin, omeprazole, duloxetine and tramadol.