What is your approach to anticoagulation in cirrhotic patients with platelet count loss than 50 in the setting of atrial fibrillation and elevated CHADSVASC?
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What platelet count threshold do you use to initiate anticoagulation in cirrhotic patients with atrial fibrillation and elevated CHADSVASC scores?
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Cardiology · Lankenau Heart Group
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First of all, we have no high-quality data to address this question since patients with this profile were not well represented in the DOAC pivotal trials. Consequently, we need to individualize the decision-making, taking into account variables such as patient age and co-morbidities, vascular risk s...
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