Successful Treatment and Secondary Prevention of Venous Thrombosis Secondary to Behçet Disease with Rivaroxaban

We here present the successful initial treatment and secondary prophylaxis of superficial venous thrombosis secondary to Behçet’s disease by a novel anticoagulant drug, rivaroxaban (Xarelto®). To our knowledge, this is the first case of using an oral direct inhibitor of FXa in this setting. Our find...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ana Boban, Catherine Lambert, Cedric Hermans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2164329