Discrepancy in guidelines for the prevention of thrombo-embolism in patients with prosthetic heart valves: Reply [5]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2553-2554

  Vahanian, Alec ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 35349007544     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm354     Document Type: Letter

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