Warfarin in heart failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1936-1938

  Eikelboom, John W ^a   Connolly, Stuart J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861058495     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1202504     Document Type: Editorial

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