In comparison to warfarin, half-dose DOAC anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery is associated with a shorter postoperative length of stay, without a significant increase in stroke/transient ischemic attack, reoperation for bleeding or postoperative blood product transfusion. Follow-up echocardiography in anticoagulated patients is recommended to rule out significant sanguineous pericardial effusions in the early postoperative period following hospital discharge.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiac surgery
- direct oral anticoagulants
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- acute kidney injury
- left atrial
- patients undergoing
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- venous thromboembolism
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary hypertension
- prognostic factors
- cerebral ischemia