Comparison of dual antiplatelet therapy versus oral anticoagulation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A retrospective single-center registry analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: OAC after TAVR seems to reduce the risk of clinical valve thrombosis without a statistically significant increase in bleeding complications.
PMID: 28497845 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cardiology Journal - Category: Cardiology Authors: Holy EW, Kebernik J, Allali A, El-Mawardy M, Richardt G, Abdel-Wahab M Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research
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