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Editorial
. 2006 Aug;92(8):1011-2.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.085555.

Anticoagulation in ischaemic heart disease

R De Cristofaro
Editorial

Anticoagulation in ischaemic heart disease

R De Cristofaro. Heart. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Although treatments with oral anti‐vitamin K agents have become more refined and safer over the years, physicians are reluctant to prescribe these agents for fear they will cause bleeding, particular in patients with ischaemic heart disease

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