Blood thinners and stopping use before surgery?
a family member uses warfarin for blood thinning for A-fib and is facing probable surgery in the near future.
The surgeon would like him to stop taking the warfarin 5 days before the surgery.
His cardiologist says no more than three days.
I suspect the surgeon will yield to the guidance of the cardiologist. I asked if the cardiologist would conduct an invasive cardio-vascular procedure with stopping 3 days in advance and the answer came back yes.
Anybody have experience with this critereon prior to surgery....specifically warfarin (coumadin)?
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