Extreme Coumadin Resistance in a patient with atrial fibrillation and End Stage Renal Disease

Authors :: Bohuslav Finta
Nashmia Riaz
Hussain Ibrahim
Source :: International Journal of Cardiovascular Research.
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: OMICS Publishing Group, 2015.
Abstract: Extreme Coumadin Resistance in a patient with atrial fibrillation and End Stage Renal Disease Warfarin resistance is a rare condition and its prevalence is less than 0.1%. It is defined as a daily Coumadin requirement of more than 15mg or a weekly requirement of more than 70mg in order to maintain a therapeutic INR.

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Atrial fibrillation
medicine.disease
End stage renal disease
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
Warfarin resistance
heterocyclic compounds
cardiovascular diseases
medicine.symptom
business
Biomedical engineering

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