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A 70-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and hypertension is taking apixaban for stroke prevention. She is scheduled for an elective colonoscopy with potential polypectomy. Her creatinine clearance is 60 mL/min. Which is the most appropriate periprocedural management of apixaban?

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