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Ms. Doe, 70, suffered from atrial fibrillation and had two mechanical heart valves. She was prescribed Coumadin<\/a> to prevent a stroke. When Dr. Roe, her treating cardiologist, recommended elective replacement of her pacemaker battery, the Coumadin was stopped five days before the procedure. It was then restarted after the surgery. <\/p>\n

Dr. Roe placed Ms. Doe on Bactrim<\/a> to prevent infection and ordered an INR test, which is the international normalized ratio blood test. The test showed a result of 3.2 \u2013 more than double the previous INR taken before the procedure. Dr. Roe allegedly ordered a repeat INR for one month later. The INR blood test tells a patient how long it takes for blood to clot. A test called prothrombin time (PT) measures how quickly the blood clots in the body. <\/p>\n

Before the repeat INR test, Ms. Doe was taken to the hospital ER suffering from anemia. Her INR<\/a> at the time was 22.8. While at the hospital, Ms. Doe coded several times and died the next day.
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