Rates of polypectomy in colonoscopy are high for all indications; therefore, clinicians usually stop antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents other than aspirin prior to colonoscopy and
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy
Poor Compliance With Antithrombotic Guidelines Associated With Bad Outcomes
EUS-Guided Biliary Drainage: Should Antiplatelet Agents and Anticoagulants Be Stopped?
Gastroenterologists are seeing an increasing number of patients taking antiplatelet agents and/or anticoagulants (APs/ACs). Discontinuation of these agents prior to therapeutic procedures is common practice;
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Judged Safe for Cold Snare Polypectomy ≤10 mm
Douglas K. Rex, MD, FASGE reviewing Won D, et al. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2019 Oct 10. Patients on both aspirin and a second antiplatelet agent