“…Subsequently, there has been some preliminary evidence of thrombolysis in rats Consequence of patient substitution of nattokinase for warfarin after aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis Maqsood M. Elahi, PhD, Charles H. Choi, BS, Subbareddy Konda, MD, and Jay G. Shake, MD (3,4) and evidence of complete dissolution of arterial thrombi within 5 hours of oral administration of nattokinase in dogs (5). However, the authors of this case report have found limited data on the anticoagulation properties of natto and nattokinase in human subjects (6)(7)(8). Th rombin activity has been found to be increased following thrombolysis, which in turn may have paradoxically increased our patient's risk of valve thrombosis (9,10).…”