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Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Agents

Dr Areeb Athar1†, Dr Alex Konstantatos2

1Anaesthetic Hospital Medical Officer, The Alfred Hospital, Australia

2Anaesthetic Consultant, The Alfred Hospital, Australia

Edited by: Dr Gregory Klar, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Queen’s University, Canada

†Corresponding author email: areebathar99@gmail.com

DOI: 10.28923/atotw.570

 

Published April 21, 2026

Abstract

The present tutorial provides practical guidance for the perioperative physician encountering a patient on an antithrombotic agent, a scenario that is becoming increasingly prevalent in a comorbid and older surgical population.

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