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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4842</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">https://doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2025.17501</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>&#13;
	Message from Massage - An Uncommon Complication of Oral Anti Coagulants&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Reddy</surname><given-names>Chandra Shekara</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Srinivas</surname><given-names>Arun</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chawath</surname><given-names>Siddarth Kumar</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>13</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>3</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>&#13;
	Introduction: Individualized Anticoagulants are used for stroke prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Venous Thrombo Embolism (VTE) prophylaxis. Case Report: We had a Forty-Two-year old male patient who was admitted with history of exertional breathing difficult. Also had pain, swelling and tenderness of bilateral anterior thigh region. Local Ultra Sound examination reported hematoma and hemarthrosis. He was on treatment for Type 2 DM, HTN, Paroxysmal AF and Post DVR (2016) and Redo MVR (2018) with Oral Anti Coagulation (OAC) along with other routine medications. These acute symptoms occurred following self-advised bilateral lower limb massage for myalgia. His preliminary investigation revealed Severe Anemia (Hb - 3.8gms/dl) and INR of &gt; 10. Received 3 units of compatible blood transfusions, IV Vitamin K injections and other routine medications. Hb improved to 9.4 gms/dl. 2D Echocardiography although initially showed increased gradients across prosthetic valves improved after blood transfusions. Symptoms gradually stabilized and discharged with stable hemodynamic conditions. Discussion: Clinicians face increasingly complex decisions relating to appropriate agent, duration of treatment and use in special populations. Newer OACs, like Dabigatran (oral Factor Xa inhibitor) neither requires regular laboratory monitoring nor affected by external factors.&#13;
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</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>International Normalised Ratio (INR)</kwd><kwd> Oral Anti Coagulants (OAC)</kwd><kwd> Stroke prevention</kwd><kwd> DVT Prophylaxis</kwd><kwd> VenousThrombo Embolism (VTE)</kwd><kwd> Mechanical Valve Prosthesis</kwd><kwd> Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (AF)</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
