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. 2021 Jul;8(2):e330-e331.
doi: 10.7861/fhj.Let.8.2.2.

Elective DC cardioversion: a comparison of the carbon footprint of the care pathways for warfarin and DOAC treated patients

Abigail Orton  1 , Jm Tom Pierce  2
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Elective DC cardioversion: a comparison of the carbon footprint of the care pathways for warfarin and DOAC treated patients

Abigail Orton et al. Future Healthc J. 2021 Jul.
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Fig 1.
Total kgCO2e of the care pathways for warfarin vs DOAC treated patients. DOACs = direct acting oral anticoagulants (and includes the pooled results from the patients receiving rivaroxaban, apixaban and dabigatran).
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