When considering the use of DOACs in APLS, does the number of positive APLS antibodies influence your decision?
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Rheumatology · Hackensack University Medical Center
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The number of antibodies is an important consideration.
On the one end of the spectrum, I would not recommend any DOACs in a triple positive APLS (especially with arterial thrombosis). Having said that, I would not change treatment in a triple positive APLS patient if they were started on DOACs in th...
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Rheumatology · UTMB Health
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I agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last's comments. The number of positive antibodies, their titers, and whether they are persistently positive versus intermittently positive all matter. Although warfarin is preferred in classic APS, I have seen patients with APS started on DOAC by hematologists, and they ...
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