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A member asked:
I have afib and several co-morbidities. doctor wants to insert watchman to prevent a stroke from blood clots. i am on elequis 5mg 2 daily and 82mg aspirin. i am on high blood pressure and strong pain meds. at 83 am i a candidate for this operation?
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The Watchman device has been quite successful in getting most of the treated patients off actual anticoagulants after 45 days & use only aspirin thereafter. If you don't have valvular heart disease and can't take anticoagulants for some reason you're a candidate. However general anesthesia is used in the procedure and your cardiologist will have to ok you before the anesthesiologist will agree.
Answered 3/24/2021
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