• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, P. R. China;
LUOXin-jin, Email: luoxinjin@yahoo.com
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Recent clinical trials showed that dabigatran was superior to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, however whether it is suitable for the lifelong anticoagulation in patients after heart valve replacement, remains controversial. Many animal experiments showed that dabigatran group was better than heparin and warfarin in the prevention of thrombosis and bleeding complications after valve replacement. Randomized, phaseⅡstudy to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of oral dabigatran etexilate in patients after heart valve replacement (RE-ALIGN) clinical trial showed that dabigatran wasn't as effective as warfarin in preventing thrombosis, but increases the risk of bleeding. And there are some case reports about thrombosis and bleeding complications after taking dabigatran. At present, the efficacy and safety of dabigatran applying in patients after heart valve replacement still needs further study.

Citation: QIUJun-tao, LUOXin-jin. Advance research of dabigatran Applying in Anticoagulation afer heart valve replacement. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015, 22(5): 491-495. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20150127 Copy

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