Following completion of antiplatelet monotherapy (i.e. plavix) plus oral anticoagulation in patients with Afib post-PCI, would you favor continuing antiplatelet therapy + OAC, switching from plavix to aspirin and continuing OAC, or stopping antiplatelet therapy and continuing OAC?

Topics: Cardiology • Interventional Cardiology

Answer from: at Community Practice

My practice has always been to continue ASA in addition to anticoagulation but I'm starting to change this practice and remove antiplatelet therapy and continue OAC alone, especially in higher bleeding risk patients. There have been a couple of studies (AFIRE and OAC-ALONE) that would seem to suppor...

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