Cardiac implantable electronic device surgery with interruption of warfarin forgoing post-operative bridging therapy in patients with moderate or high thromboembolic risks

Abstract Background For patients taking warfarin and undergoing pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator surgery, clinical evidence and guidelines support continuation of warfarin therapy, as opposed to interruption of warfarin therapy with heparin bridging. Interruption of warfarin witho...

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Main Authors: Andrew Kei-Yan Ng, Pauline Yeung Ng, Eva Wai-Ying Tam, Chung-Wah Siu, Katherine Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Thrombosis Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12959-021-00279-6