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Taking an anticlotting drug? If you need a procedure, be prepared

Posted November 1, 2017, 10:30 am

Julie Corliss
Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

People who take an anticlotting medication are at higher risk of bleeding if they need an invasive procedure, but stopping the drug ahead of a procedure carries its own risks.

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