The results of various strategies (including continued anticoagulation, heparin bridging, and interruption of warfarin alone) appear to result in very low frequencies of thrombosis-related ...

The typical outline provided in much of the literature suggests the following: reverse the oral anticoagulation, bridge with UFH or LMWH until surgery, resume the UFH or LMWH postoperatively ...

Researchers have found in a cohort study that patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) receiving a factor Xa inhibitor and ...

I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I’ve been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018.

GC are used as ‘bridging therapy’ during periods of disease activity; for maintenance treatment, they should be minimised to equal or less than 5 mg/day (prednisone equivalent) and, when possible, ...