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Woman Dies from Post-op Stroke When Anticoagulant Not Restarted

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 10 a.m.

Restarting heparin was not in the post-op instructions. In a lawsuit naming four physicians, the patient's estate alleged negligent failure to restart anticoagulation, resulting in a stroke and ultimately, her death. The case was settled for more than a million.