Jecko Thachil: Interrupting Antiplatelet Therapy for Urgent and Planned Surgery
Jecko Thachil, MAHSC Professor, at the University of Manchester, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, adding:
“Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are major causes of morbidity and morality in the world. Antiplatetelet therapies play a major role in the management of these conditions.
But when a patient receiving antiplatelet medications requires urgent or planned surgery, how do we deal with interrupting these treatments? Discussed in the following review.”
Title: How to undertake procedures while on antiplatelet agents: a hematologist’s view
Authors: Dawn Swan, Robert Turner, James Douketis, Jecko Thachil
Read the Full Article on RPTH.
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