WTD 2023 Women & Thrombosis
Dr Shannon Bates chairs our program on Women and Thrombosis featuring Dr Maha Othman and D Nadine Shehata. Topics include Hypercoagulability and VTE Risk in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast and Gynecological Cancers (Dr Othman), Superficial Vein Thrombosis in Pregnancy: Undermanaged with Underappreciated Risks (Dr Bates) and Pregnancies in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves: Optimizing Anticoagulation Regimens (Dr Shehata). The overarching learning objectives were:
- Describe current evidence of thrombosis risk in common female cancers.
- Describe an approach for management and prevention of pregnancy-associated superficial vein thrombosis
- Explain the impact of mechanical valves when considering anticoagulation for patients who are pregnant