Colonic endoscopic mucosal resection in patients taking anticoagulants: Is heparin bridging therapy necessary?

Minoru FujitaTakahisa MuraoMotoyasu OsawaShinsuke HiraiShinya FukushimaSyogen YoRui NakatoManabu IshiiHiroshi MatsumotoTakahiko TamakiTakashi SakakibaraAkiko Shiotani

Published in: Journal of digestive diseases (2018)

No patient in either group developed embolism during hospitalization. Colonic EMR with the temporary cessation of anticoagulants without HBT may be acceptable and beneficial for patients taking anticoagulants.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
ulcerative colitis
venous thromboembolism
bone marrow
cell therapy