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The effects of a low international normalized ratio on thromboembolic and bleeding complications in patients with mechanical mitral valve replacement

BACKGROUND: Mechanical heart valve replacement has an inherent risk of thromboembolic events (TEs). Current guidelines recommend an international normalized ratio (INR) of at least 2.5 after mechanical mitral valve replacement (MVR). This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a low INR (2.0–2.5) on...

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Autores principales: Bal, Ugur, Aydinalp, Alp, Yilmaz, Kerem, Ozcalik, Emre, Hasirci, Senem, Atar, Ilyas, Gultekin, Bahadir, Sezgin, Atilla, Muderrisoglu, Haldun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-79