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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