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Systemic Octreotide Therapy in Prevention of Gastrointestinal Bleeds Related to Arteriovenous Malformations and Obscure Etiology in Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :
Vuddanda, Venkat
Jazayeri, Mohammad-Ali
Turagam, Mohit K.
Lavu, Madhav
Parikh, Valay
Atkins, Donita
Bommana, Sudharani
Yeruva, Madhu Reddy
Di Biase, Luigi
Cheng, Jie
Swarup, Vijay
Gopinathannair, Rakesh
Olyaee, Mojtaba
Ivaturi, Vijay
Natale, Andrea
Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya
Source :
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology; December 2017, Vol. 3 Issue: 12 p1390-1399, 10p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The present study describes the use of octreotide (OCT) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC) who have gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding related to arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), as well as its effect on OAC tolerance and subsequent rebleeding.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2405500X
Volume :
3
Issue :
12
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs44021967
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2017.04.022