Warfarin and aspirin in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1859-1869

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^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^k CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^l IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^m Hospital Deventer   (Netherlands)

ⁿ MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^o Centro Neurol de Tratamiento/Rehab   (Argentina)

^p NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 84861037910     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202299     Document Type: Article

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