Perioperative Management of Patients Having Noncardiac Surgery Who Are Receiving Anticoagulant or Antiplatelet Therapy: An Evidence-Based but Practical Approach

Patients receiving anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy who require noncardiac surgery represent a common yet challenging clinical problem. Clinicians must balance the risk of thromboembolic and major adverse cardiovascular events that are associated with interrupting these therapies, against the risk of bleeding from continuing these drugs in the perioperative period. Identifying patients at highest risk for such complications requires …