Subject:
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NCEBP 14: Cardiovascular diseases NCEBP 4: Quality of hospital and integrated care |
Organization:
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Cardiology Cardio Thoracic Surgery |
Journal title:
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Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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Abstract:
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The CoaguChek S device offers patients on oral anticoagulant treatment, a simple and fast method of direct monitoring of their international normalized ratio (INR). It is comparable with the glucose monitoring system, a fingerprick for a drop of capillary blood and some minutes to get the INR result for further anticoagulation monitoring. We present a case of tricuspid prosthetic valve thrombosis due to inadequate anticoagulation because of an error in the point-of-care device.
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