Affiliation:
1. National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health
2. National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health;
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Abstract
Introduction. Warfarin-induced skin necrosis constitutes a rare complication of warfarin treatment.Aim. To present a case study of the occurrence and successful treatment of atypical warfarin-induced skin necrosis in a child with congenital heart disease.General findings. The development of finger skin necrosis in a child with congenital heart disease almost 2 years after the start of warfarin therapy was described. In addition, possible causes of the complication and methods for its treatment were discussed.Conflict of interest: the authors declare no conflict of interest.Financial disclosure: the study had no sponsorship
Publisher
National Medical Research Center of Hematology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
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