Successful treatment of partial portal vein thrombosis (PVT) with low dose rivaroxaban

Z Gastroenterol. 2014 Oct;52(10):1175-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1385171. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Abstract

In a 63-year-old cirrhotic patient, recanalisation of a partial portal vein thrombosis was achieved by a low dose of rivaroxaban (10 mg daily). After anticoagulant therapy was stopped, partial vein thrombosis recurred. Restarting rivaroxaban at a dose of 10 mg led to recanalisation. The patient did not suffer any complications; in particular no bleeding occurred during 8 months of treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Factor Xa Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Morpholines / administration & dosage*
  • Portal Vein / drug effects*
  • Radiography
  • Rivaroxaban
  • Thiophenes / administration & dosage*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Factor Xa Inhibitors
  • Morpholines
  • Thiophenes
  • Rivaroxaban