Anticoagulation, novel agents, and procedures: Can we pardon the interruption?

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-257

  Garcia, David A ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; Editorials; hemorrhage; surgery

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 84863988462     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.115188     Document Type: Editorial

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