Rakesh Kumar Jagdish¹* and Harsh Kapoor²

¹Senior Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant, Metro Hospital, India
²Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant, Metro Hospital, India

*Corresponding Author: Rakesh Kumar Jagdish, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant, Metro group of Hospitals, Delhi and NCR, India.

Received: February 10, 2025; Published: February 23, 2025

Abstract

A 66-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, and left ventricular dysfunction, presented with gastrointestinal bleeding and respiratory distress. She was hemodynamically unstable, leading to immediate blood transfusions and treatment with pantoprazole infusion and antibiotics. She was on dabigatran 150 mg, since last 2 years and aspirin 75 mg, her 2 D echocardiography showed left ventricular dysfunction with LVEF 40-45%. An upper GI endoscopy revealed ulcerative exfoliative esophagitis, potentially linked to dabigatran use (Image 1-4).

Keywords: Cardiology; Pulmonology

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Citation

Citation: Rakesh Kumar Jagdish and Harsh Kapoor. “Short Case Report: Ulcerative Exfoliative Esophagitis Induced by Dabigatran".Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders 8.3 (2025): 22-24.

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