Heart Stent Patients Should Remain on Blood Thinners

luvtolean · 01-16-2007, 10:04 PM

Here's the article.

Patients with drug-coated stents should take anti-clotting drugs - CNN.com

I debated sharing this as it's a bit personal...but keep this in mind with your family.

It hits really close to home as a few months back, my father almost died (actually, he did die, but came back) of a clot in his stent a bit under a year out from his angioplasty.

He was taken off his thinners for a foot surgery, due to concerns about bleeding from the surgery. This was a standard procedure, widely agreed on by his team of docs.

4 or 5 days off was all it took.

If you have family, or you have or get one yourself, if your doc asks you to quit taking your thinners, FOR ANY REASON, you want to get a second or third opinion.

Leelover · 01-16-2007, 11:06 PM

Good advice.
This was a major part of my Father-in-law's death a few years ago.

01-16-2007, 10:04 PM	#1
luvtolean It's Who You Know That Counts Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Silicon Valley Bike(s): 08 BMW GS-A, 00 CBR929RR Posts: 11,280	Heart Stent Patients Should Remain on Blood Thinners Here's the article. Patients with drug-coated stents should take anti-clotting drugs - CNN.com I debated sharing this as it's a bit personal...but keep this in mind with your family. It hits really close to home as a few months back, my father almost died (actually, he did die, but came back) of a clot in his stent a bit under a year out from his angioplasty. He was taken off his thinners for a foot surgery, due to concerns about bleeding from the surgery. This was a standard procedure, widely agreed on by his team of docs. 4 or 5 days off was all it took. If you have family, or you have or get one yourself, if your doc asks you to quit taking your thinners, FOR ANY REASON, you want to get a second or third opinion. __________________ The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting begins.—Erwin Rommel

01-16-2007, 11:06 PM	#2
Leelover Remembering RAH-VFR...RIP #20 Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Bike(s): 06 FJR1300 & 01 GSXR 750 Posts: 1,472	Re: Heart Stent Patients Should Remain on Blood Thinners Good advice. This was a major part of my Father-in-law's death a few years ago. __________________ "The Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing." Herger the Joyous