Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

ASGE Journal ScanKolon

Poor Compliance With Antithrombotic Guidelines Associated With Bad Outcomes

Poor Compliance With Antithrombotic Guidelines Associated With Bad Outcomes

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

ASGE Journal ScanMagen und Dünndarm

EUS-Guided Biliary Drainage: Should Antiplatelet Agents and Anticoagulants Be Stopped?

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;

ASGE Journal ScanKolon

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Judged Safe for Cold Snare Polypectomy ≤10 mm

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