Providing equipoise in the management of patients after surgical ablation with the Cox-Maze IV

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Takashi Murashita et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul.

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. 2018 Jul;156(1):152-153.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.049.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.

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Oral anticoagulation may not be necessary for patients discharged in sinus rhythm after the Cox Maze IV procedure.
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McClure GR, Belley-Cote EP, Whitlock RP. McClure GR, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul;156(1):151. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.079. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018. PMID: 29921089 No abstract available.