Diffused calcification in a patient with long-term warfarin therapy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifelong warfarin is mandatory in patients with mechanic valvular replacement. The main adverse effect of warfarin is haemorrhage; however, there are several rare adverse events associated with long-term warfarin treatment, such as calcification, cholesterol microembolization, and nephropathy. Here we report a case of chronic warfarin use that gradually manifested with diffused calcification.

Case summary

A 78-year-old woman received a prosthetic mechanical mitral valve replacement when she was 46 years old due to rheumatic mitral stenosis. She has been taking warfarin ever since. Ten years prior to admission, the chest radiography revealed a mild diffused calcification tracheobronchial and subsequent chest imaging indicated a progressive calcification of the trac

SUBMITTER: Sasmita BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486598 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature