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Anticoagulation Review. There are other bleeding risk assessment tools, but HAS-BLED is more commonly used. HTN
Anticoagulation ... other bleeding risk ... Purposes Only* #Anticoagulation ... Anticoagulant #Bleeding #Risk ... Tool #Assessment #Cardiology
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
single-tilting disc) WITH risk ... prosthesis WITHOUT risk ... Targets #Goals #anticoagulation ... Heart #Valves #cardiology
Anticoagulant Therapy after PCI (patients with AFib)
Dual-Therapy Preferred:
 • Triple therapy = increased bleeding
- Bleeding risk ... reduced bleeding risk ... derick_gabel via ACCP Cardiology ... Triple #therapy #anticoagulation ... pharmacology #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... any modifiable risk ... > 1% risk of CV ... Anticoagulation ... one post op Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
cardiovascular risk ... unknown duration • Anticoagulation ... exclude thrombus • Anticoagulation ... β-blocker or CCB Anticoagulation ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Complex Aortic Atheroma on Suprasternal Notch View 
Never forget the suprasternal view during standard TTE examination.

Would
addition, if bleeding risk ... aspirin on top on anticoagulation ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Risk Factors and ... no consensus on risk ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation ... Risk of recurrence ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
pre-existing history or risk ... consider need for anticoagulation ... consultation with cardiology
HAS-BLED Score: Estimates risk of major bleeding for patients on anticoagulation to assess risk-benefit in atrial
Score: Estimates risk ... for patients on anticoagulation ... to assess risk-benefit ... HASBLED #Score #Risk ... #Bleed #Anticoagulation
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... • No bleeding risk ... clinical benefit of anticoagulation ... of withholding anticoagulation ... #Calculators #Anticoagulation