Meeting
Abstract Number: 116
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) remain widely used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE). During surgical interventions, the prevention of recurrent VTE must be weighed against the increased bleeding risk conferred by anticoagulation. There is a lack of strong evidence to guide the optimal periprocedural management of anticoagulation in patients with prior VTE, and […]