Use of NOACs in the Peri-Operative Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: To Stop, Bridge or Continue?

Marco Proietti; Deirdre A. Lane

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1661370

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2018; 118(07): 1123-1126
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661370

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Use of NOACs in the Peri-Operative Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: To Stop, Bridge or Continue?

Marco Proietti

¹IRCCS – Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy

²Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

³Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Deirdre A. Lane

²Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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