Bharat V, Mohanty B
Department of Cardiology, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, Bihar, 831 001.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2000 Jul;48(7):746-7.
A patient with mechanical heart valves developed bleeding, after the introduction of amiodarone and azithromycin. Though the anticoagulant effect could be neutralized, the patient succumbed to heart failure. Any new drug prescribed to patients on anticoagulant must be assessed for its potential for interaction and warrants frequent prothrombin time testing.