Key result
Heparin anticoagulation successfully treated atrial thrombus on ventriculoatrial shunts non-surgically in two reported cases.
Why the study?
Does heparin treatment resolve atrial thrombus in patients with ventriculoatrial shunts?
Does heparin treatment resolve atrial thrombus in patients with ventriculoatrial shunts?
Simple anticoagulation with heparin may be an effective non-surgical treatment for atrial thrombus on ventriculoatrial shunts.
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May support heparin as non-surgical option for atrial thrombus on VA shunts; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
This short report details the management of two cases of atrial thrombus on ventriculoatrial shunts, treated non-surgically by simple anticoagulation. While this is extremely simple it appears not to have been reported before.
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Buxton et al. (2002) studied this question. Heparin anticoagulation successfully treated atrial thrombus on ventriculoatrial shunts non-surgically in two reported cases.
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