title: Successful treatment of partial portal vein thrombosis (PVT) with low dose rivaroxaban.
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.
authors.affiliation: Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dieplinger
authors.affiliation: Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buder
authors.affiliation: Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piringer
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rauch
authors.affiliation: Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brüder, Linz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Voglmayr
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009025:Morpholines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000187:drug effects*; D011859:Radiography; D000069552:Rivaroxaban; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors; D009025:Morpholines; D013876:Thiophenes; D000069552:Rivaroxaban