surgery and eliquis December 13, 2022 04:22PM |
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Carey
Your first fear is reasonable and largely depends on the answer to two questions:
1. What is your CHADS-Vasc score?
2. Have you had an ablation, and if so was your left atrial appendage isolated during that procedure? (The EP would have told you if so.)
The concern about permanent bruising is unfounded. I've never heard of a permanent bruise, and the surgeon is going to have you stop the Eliquis long enough that it will be out of your system.
Re: surgery and eliquis December 13, 2022 08:27PM |
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I have bruised twice in the past two months, they being quite rare in my pre-70-year-old life, even recently. In both cases, the bruises disappeared inside of about four/five days. I take apixaban BID, 5 mg, and have done so for five+ years.
I know it varies in protocol from surgery to surgery, but most surgeons will want you to withhold any regularly taken anti-coagulants for a full day, maybe more, prior to major surgery. In your case, it's almost a day procedure...I know, not really, but it's close. There won't be any arteries or veins pierced of a size that could be lethal...put it that way. I really would not worry. You will almost certainly have a bruise around the area, and perhaps others for piercings associated with the surgery (IV, for example). With competent care, and you going about your business as soon as you can thereafter, you'll have forgotten all about this inside of about seven/eight days.
Re: surgery and eliquis December 13, 2022 09:17PM |
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thnx Carey, I am a 3 (84y female) No ablation. Thnx for thoughts about bruising, appreciate it
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Re: surgery and eliquis December 14, 2022 04:32PM |
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thnx Carey, I am a 3 (84y female) No ablation. Thnx for thoughts about bruising, appreciate it
So you're actually a 2 since the guidelines were changed in 2019 to drop the point for being female.
I don't think you have anything to worry about. Check with your cardiologist/EP to be sure, but it should be safe for you to stop the Eliquis for a few days. After all, your risk of stroke is a small number to begin with, and you're only adding 5 days out of 365 to that risk. It's something like a 1.8% increase for those 5 days, which is absolutely trivial.
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