Risk Of Pump Thrombosis With Once Daily Enoxaparin For Anticoagulation Bridging In Patients With Heartmate III

Most centers bridge patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) with heparin drip to avoid thromboembolic complications including stroke and pump thrombosis based on data from HeartMate II. Because of improved hemocompatibility of third generation HeartMateIII (HM3), particularly the decreased risk of in-pump thrombosis, outpatient treatment dose of low molecule weight heparin (LWMH) like Enoxaparin has been used to bridge to warfarin when the INR is subtherapeutic. Once daily dosing has been used in select patients with higher bleeding risk.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - April 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Modar Alom, Gurjaspreet Bhattal, Nitin Kabra, David Rawitscher, Amit Alam, Cesar Guerrero-Miranda, Sandra Carey, Timothy George, Aasim Afzal Tags: 180 Source Type: research