ANTIPLATELET AND ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY AFTER VASCULAR-SURGERY

Questionnaires regarding postoperative antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy were answered by personal interviews with 35 German vascular s urgeons. A 3/4 majority follow the recommendations of literature by an ticoagulation after embolectomy in patients with persistant atrial fib rillation. Antiplatelet therapy is common in patients after thrombenda rteriectomy and justified by improving the natural history of atherosc lerotic disease. Considerable differences exist in postoperative thera py following peripheral bypass surgery. Controlled clinical trials are rare and present contradicting results. Prospective randomized multic enter studies are necessary.