Periprocedural management of warfarin remains challenging in patients requiring electrophysiological device surgery. For patients at high risk of thromboembolic events, guidelines recommend bridging therapy with heparin; however, this strategy is associated with a high risk of pocket hematoma. This paper systematically reviews studies appraising the risk of pocket hematoma with different perioperative anticoagulation strategies.

Risk of pocket hematoma in patients on chronic anticoagulation with warfarin undergoing electrophysiological device implantation: a comparison of different peri-operative management strategies / Proietti, R; Porto, I; Levi, M; Leo, A; Russo, V; Kalfon, E; Biondi-Zoccai, G; Roux, J-F; Birnie, D H; Essebag, V. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 2284-0729. - 19:8(2015), pp. 1461-1479.

Risk of pocket hematoma in patients on chronic anticoagulation with warfarin undergoing electrophysiological device implantation: a comparison of different peri-operative management strategies

Biondi-Zoccai, G;
2015

Abstract

Periprocedural management of warfarin remains challenging in patients requiring electrophysiological device surgery. For patients at high risk of thromboembolic events, guidelines recommend bridging therapy with heparin; however, this strategy is associated with a high risk of pocket hematoma. This paper systematically reviews studies appraising the risk of pocket hematoma with different perioperative anticoagulation strategies.
2015
Anticoagulants; Defibrillators, Implantable; Drug Administration Schedule; Hematoma; Heparin; Humans; Length of Stay; Observational Studies as Topic; Pacemaker, Artificial; Preoperative Care; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Factors; Warfarin
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Risk of pocket hematoma in patients on chronic anticoagulation with warfarin undergoing electrophysiological device implantation: a comparison of different peri-operative management strategies / Proietti, R; Porto, I; Levi, M; Leo, A; Russo, V; Kalfon, E; Biondi-Zoccai, G; Roux, J-F; Birnie, D H; Essebag, V. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 2284-0729. - 19:8(2015), pp. 1461-1479.
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