Table 6:
Conditions Warranting
Anticoagulation During Pregnancy
Mechanical prosthetic valve
Inherited deficiency of naturally occuring anticoagulant:
Factor V Leiden deficiency
Prothrombin gene mutation
Protein C deficiency
Protein S deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency
Prior episode of
venous thromboembolism
Acute deep venous thrombosis or thromboembolism during pregnancy
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Chronic atrial fibrillation
Eismenger syndrome
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