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For atrial fibrillation patients with high risk of CVA who cannot tolerate full dose AC due to bleeding, do you consider low dose/extended dosing anticoagulation even if they do not meet age/GFR criteria for a dose reduction, if Watchman is not readily available as an option?

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Cardiology · Lankenau Heart Group

Most drugs, including anticoagulants, have a dose-response. Therefore, one could argue that even though DOACs were not studied at low doses, except in defined sub-groups such as the very elderly, using such a dose in other situations may have some benefit. The problem is that without data, we simply...

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