Anticoagulation in pregnant women with a bileaflet mechanical cardiac valve replacement

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 181-184

  Kim, Kyung Hwan ^a   Dong, Seop Jeong ^a   Ahn, Hyuk ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 34547876881     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20071024     Document Type: Article

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