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Case Reports
. 2006 Aug;98(8):1348-9.

Twenty-two years without anticoagulation with metallic heart valve

Ali Yildiz  1 , Firat Ozcan, Mehmet Dogan, Mehmet Fatih Ozlü, Ali Sasmaz
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Twenty-two years without anticoagulation with metallic heart valve

Ali Yildiz et al. J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Anticoagulation is essential and vital for mechanical heart valves to prevent lethal complications such as valve thrombosis and systemic embolism. Herein, we reported the third longest survived case with a metallic aortic valve without anticoagulation and reviewed the role of anticoagulation in mechanical heart valves.

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