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Current guidelines on use of bridging with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for these procedures are based on low-quality evidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted a subanalysis of a retrospective, multicenter observational study of adult patients with aortic MHVs receiving VKAs who underwent elective gastrointestinal endoscopies (colonoscopy or upper endoscopy). We included patients who underwent the procedure between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2023, at five centers in Canada and the United States Patients with procedures performed on separate days within a 30-day period were excluded. Efficacy and safety outcomes included thromboembolic events, major bleeding (MB), and clinically relevant non-major bleeding (CRNMB) in the 30 days post procedure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 192 endoscopic procedures were analyzed. Median (interquartile range [IQR]) patient age was 66 years (58.2\u201372.8) and 22% were female. Warfarin was interrupted for 185 procedures (96%). Among these, 119 (64%) received LMWH bridging: 33 (17%) pre-procedure only, 10 (5%) post-procedure only, and 76 (40%) both pre- and post-procedure. Post-procedure LMWH was initiated a median (IQR) of 1 day (1\u20131) and discontinued 5 days post-procedure (3\u20138). MB occurred in two patients (1%), CRNMB in two patients (1%), and one death (0.5%) was identified; no thromboembolic events occurred. Prior to propensity score matching (PSM), post-procedure LMWH with or without pre procedure LMWH was associated with the composite outcome of MB and CRNMB (P = 0.034), although not with MB or CRNMB individually. After stepwise regression and PSM analyses, no significant differences in bleeding outcomes were observed between patients who received LMWH bridging and those who did not.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Our findings indicate that although adverse thrombotic events were rare and use of post-procedure LMWH bridging was significantly associated with a small absolute increased risk of bleeding, it was not significant after PSM. Larger prospective studies are needed to better inform antithrombotic management guidelines for patients with aortic MHVs undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2840-7302","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,24]],"date-time":"2026-03-24T23:58:08Z","timestamp":1774396688000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"S","title":["Perioperative low molecular weight heparin bridging in aortic mechanical heart valve patients undergoing endoscopic procedures"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Tegvir Singh","family":"Grewal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8077-3289","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro 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