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- Title
Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in patients with prosthetic heart valves.
- Authors
Aikins, Joel; Koomson, Abeku; Ladele, Mofolaoluwami; Al‐Nusair, Lana; Ahmed, Amna; Ashry, Amr; Harky, Amer
- Abstract
Background: The choice of antithrombotic therapy, anticoagulants or antiplatelets, after prosthetic heart valve replacement or repair, remains a disputed topic in the literature. Antithrombotic therapies are used after heart valve intervention to reduce the rates of thromboembolic events, therefore improving patient outcomes. Different interventions may require different therapeutic regimens to achieve the most efficacious clinical outcome for patients. Methods and Discussion: This review aims to summarize and critique the available literature concerning therapeutic agents used for bioprosthetic and mechanical valves as well as for valve repair, so as to assist clinicians and researchers in making decisions with regard to their patients and research endeavors.
- Subjects
PROSTHETIC heart valves; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC patients; PATIENT decision making; HEART valves
- Publication
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2020, Vol 35, Issue 12, p3521
- ISSN
0886-0440
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jocs.15034