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The effects of Ramadan fasting on patients with prosthetic heart valve taking warfarin for anticoagulation

INTRODUCTION: Oral anticoagulation with warfarin is indicated for patients with prosthetic heart valves. The effects of religious fasting during Ramadan month (in the Islamic calendar) on anticoagulation aren’t clear. OBJECTIVES: To study the impact of Ramadan fasting on international normalized rat...

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Autores principales: Awiwi, Muhammad O., Yagli, Zeynep Aslan, Elbir, Ferruh, Aglar, Ahmet Arif, Guler, Erhan, Vural, Unsal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28127212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2016.06.004