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case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report a case of profound anticoagulation caused by interaction between warfarin and danshen, a widely used Chinese herbal medicine, in a patient who had undergone mitral valve replacement. Patients taking warfarin should be warned not to take this herb. In addition, physicians should be alert to the possibility of an interaction with herbal medicine when anticoagulation control becomes difficult and no other causes are apparent.
Medical subject headings
- Anticoagulants
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Phenanthrolines
- Plant Extracts
- Warfarin