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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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Autores principales: Raby, Jonathan, Bradley, Victoria, Sabharwal, Nikant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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