Recommendation ID
NG196/4
Question

Stopping anticoagulation after resolution of postoperative atrial fibrillation: What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of stopping anticoagulation in people whose postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery has resolved?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale on stopping anticoagulation.

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review H: discontinuing anticoagulation in people whose atrial fibrillation has resolved.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management
Number
NG196
Date issued
April 2021

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 30/06/2021