[Use of a thrombin inhibitor for treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with thrombophilia].

Presented herein are the results of oral administration of dabigatran etexilate for treatment and secondary prevention of lower-limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with established thrombophilia, studying its efficacy and safety in prolonged administration during a year as compared with warfarin. The study group included a total of fifty-seven 18-to-79-year-old patients (33 men and 24 women) with DVT and PTE, taking dabigatran etexilate. The comparison group was composed of a total of 126 patients (65 men and 61 women) with DVT and PTE, taking warfarin.

[Use of dabigatran etexilate for treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary artery thromboembolism].

The authors present herein their experience in oral administration of dabigatran etexilate for treatment of lower-limb deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with thrombophilia, as well as assessment of its efficacy and safety. The study included a total of nineteen 20-to-79-year-old patients (11 men and 8 women) with venous thromboembolic complications. An inclusion criterion was the presence of lower-limb deep vein thrombosis documented in the B-mode in ultrasonography alone or in a combination with pulmonary thromboembolism confirmed by angiopulmonography end echocardiography.