TEG® and RapidTEG® are unreliable for detecting warfarin-coagulopathy: A prospective cohort study

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dunham, C M ^a   Rabel, Charlene ^a   Hileman, Barbara M ^a   Schiraldi, Jason ^a   Chance, Elisha A ^a   Shima, Mark T ^a   Molinar, Alddo A ^a   Hoffman, David A ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Thromboelastography; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893195156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-12-4     Document Type: Article

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