Journal article
Anticoagulation of patients on chronic warfarin undergoing arrhythmia device surgery: Wide variability of perioperative bridging in Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In patients undergoing cardiac rhythm device surgery, it is common practice to discontinue oral anticoagulation and to perform heparin bridging in order to reduce the risk of bleeding and minimize the risk of thromboembolic events.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the perioperative anticoagulation strategies currently in use.
Authors
Krahn AD; Healey JS; Simpson CS; Essebag V; Sivakumaran S; Birnie DH
Journal
Heart Rhythm, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 1276–1279
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.027
ISSN
1547-5271