Heparin bridge therapy and post-polypectomy bleeding

Table 4 Summary of 11 post-polypectomy bleeding cases taking anticoagulants

	Anticoagu-lants	Antiplatelets	Heparin	Onset of	PT-INR	Anticoagulants	APTT	Heparin
			bridge	PPB (POD)	at PPB	at PPB	at PPB	at PPB
1	Warfarin	Clopidogrel	Yes	5	1.62	Yes	93.1	Yes
2	Warfarin	-	Yes	2	1.31	Yes	42.8	Yes
3	Warfarin	-	Yes	6	1.26	Yes	32.2	No
4	Warfarin	Aspirin	Yes	2, 5	1.20	Yes	29.4	Yes
5	Warfarin	-	Yes	5	1.25	Yes	73.1	Yes
6	Dabigatran	-	No	2	2.03	-	-	-
7	Warfarin	-	Yes	1, 2	1.31	No	45.2	Yes
8	Dabigatran	-	Yes	6	1.40	-	50.1	No
9	Warfarin	-	Yes	1, 6	1.23	No	33.5	Yes
10	Warfarin	Aspirin	Yes	2	1.32	Yes	40.4	Yes
		(Continued)
11	Warfarin	-	Yes	1	1.21	Yes	29.5	Yes

PPB: Post-polypectomy bleeding; POD: Post-operative day.