Prevention of venous thromboembolism after right heart-sided electrophysiological procedures: results of an EHRA survey.

Giacomo Mugnai Michal Miroslaw FarkowskiLuca TomasiLaurent Roten Federico Migliore Carlos De Asmundis Giulio Conte Serge Boveda Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)

The present survey shows that only a minority of operators routinely gives intraprocedural intravenous heparin and prescribes VTE prophylaxis after right-sided EP procedures. Compared to left-sided procedures like AF ablation, there are no consistent systematic antithrombotic management strategies.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
atrial fibrillation
direct oral anticoagulants
cross sectional
heart failure
high dose
catheter ablation
growth factor