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SUBMITTER: Shah P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4352418 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in cardiology 20150222
Dabigatran is a direct thrombin inhibitor, approved in the United States for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and prevention and treatment of thromboembolism. It has been also used in patients with documented left atrial thrombus, where treatment with dabigatran effectively led to thrombus resolution. We present a rare case of left atrial thrombus formation in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation being treated with dabigatran 150 mg twice a day. The patient presented wi ...[more]