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Would you recommend anticoagulation for patients with partial false lumen thrombosis in type B aortic dissection?

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Hematology · Harvard Medical School

Type B aortic dissections are generally managed by vascular surgeons using endovascular techniques or surgery. Anticoagulation is not recommended for partial false lumen thrombosis. If complications arise such as downstream occlusion of vessels due to thrombosis or embolism, urgent surgical evaluati...

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Hematology · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Not sure this would be helpful, but in such situations, I defer to the vascular surgeon regarding anticoagulation for thrombus in the dissection flap.

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