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What factors would influence your decision to use or avoid heparin bridging in patients with mechanical heart valves resuming anticoagulation after intracerebral hemorrhage?
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Neurology · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The main conclusion from the publication by Sakusic et al., PMID 39102615 was that withholding anticoagulation for the first seven days after ICH is safe in patients with mechanical heart valves and bridging with intravenous heparin to coumadin upon resumption of anticoagulation should be avoided. T...