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Considerations for long-term anticoagulant therapy in patients with venous thromboembolism in the novel oral anticoagulant era

BACKGROUND: Patients who have had a venous thromboembolic event are generally advised to receive anticoagulant treatment for 3 months or longer to prevent a recurrent episode. Current guidelines recommend initial heparin and an oral vitamin K antagonist (VKA) for long-term anticoagulation. However,...

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Autor principal: Toth, Peter P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26929637
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S88088