Early Postoperative Anticoagulation: More Questions Than Answers?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1573-1574

  Kulik, Alexander ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a   Mesana, Thierry G ^a   Lam, B Khanh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748743090     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.058     Document Type: Letter

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