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Anticoagulation for patients with mechanical heart valves at the end of life: understanding clinician attitudes and improving decision making
BACKGROUND: Decisions regarding continuation or cessation of anticoagulation for patients with mechanical heart valves nearing the end of life represent a difficult balance of risks. The risk of suffering and disability that may result from thromboembolism must be weighed against the burden of conti...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8285811/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34271887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00809-z |