Endocarditis antithrombotic therapy
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
In patients with endocarditis, antithrombotic therapy may be administered when needed. The prothrombin time must be carefully monitored as anticoagulants may cause or worsen hemorrhage in patients with endocarditis. Heparin administration should be avoided if possible.
Antithrombotic Therapy
Antithrombotic Therapy
- Anticoagulants can cause or worsen hemorrhage in patients with endocarditis but may be carefully administered when needed.[1]
- The prothrombin time should be carefully maintained at an INR of 2.0–3.0.
- Anticoagulation should be reversed immediately in the event of CNS complications and interrupted for 1–2 weeks after an acute embolic stroke.
- Avoid heparin administration during active endocarditis if possible.
References
References
- ↑ Baddour Larry M., Wilson Walter R., Bayer Arnold S., Fowler Vance G. Jr, Bolger Ann F., Levison Matthew E., Ferrieri Patricia, Gerber Michael A., Tani Lloyd Y., Gewitz Michael H., Tong David C., Steckelberg James M., Baltimore Robert S., Shulman Stanford T., Burns Jane C., Falace Donald A., Newburger Jane W., Pallasch Thomas J., Takahashi Masato, Taubert Kathryn A. (2005). “Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association-Executive Summary: Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America”. Circulation. 111 (23): 3167–84. PMID 15956145.
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