Would you anticoagulate a patient with an isolated arterial thrombosis in the setting of an inherited thrombophilia?

The situations in which anticoagulation is clearly required in cases of arterial thrombosis are: stroke or systemic embolism in association with atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves or presence of a mural thrombus (where anticoagulation with an appropriate agent should be administered prop...

I completely agree with the points you made with regard to the management of arterial thrombosis. I am also attaching a very comprehensive review that was published in the recent issue of Blood on arterial thrombosis. In this review, there is mention of a slight, statistically non-significant risk o...